Publisher's Synopsis
Justin Scott is back with a new Ben Abbott mystery in the series that is rapidly gaining a major following. The likable former Wall Street player-turned real estate agent gets involved in another small-town drama of scandal and corruption that could have big-time consequences.
Newbury has a new resident: ex-diplomat Harry King - close confidant of Kissinger, 'the man who brought Reagan and Deng to the table', heavily involved in the organization of the Vietnam War - has bought Fox Trot, a beautiful estate at the top of the mountain in Newbury. Unfortunately, King's idyll is spoilt by his neighbour: ex-Vietnam vet Richard Butler. A strip of Butler's land runs straight into King's like a knife, and he ain't budging. Ben Abbott is brought in to mediate, but before he can help resolve the issues, Butler's ex-con son Dickie turns up dead - blown to pieces by an explosion that also destroys King's man-made lake. And Butler is arrested as an accessory. Suddenly, Ben is in over his head as he tries to clear Butler's name - and gets much more than he ever bargained for.
