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PublisherVeritas Intus Abscondite, LLC

ISBN-100997522003

ISBN-139780997522006

eBay Product ID (ePID)222027768

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Publication Year2016

Book TitleScarlet Crosses : the Truth Lies Within

TopicGeneral, Mystery & Detective / General

Number of Pages310 Pages

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorJason Yarbrough

FormatTrade Paperback

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-940655

SynopsisMaybe he should have said no. This case... it isn't what he bargained for. He didn't want this. He wasn't ready for what it's become. It should have been just another case, a final 'hurrah' before retirement and days spent fishing. No mistakes they said. Maybe they see him as expendable... a scapegoat should things go wrong. Maybe he was a fool to believe he had secured away the pain and that time had healed the wounds. But he can't let her down. He can't fail... not again. The heat in New Orleans is intense along the water's edge. Swamps and bayous mark the city-a city of division. Megan Callahan is the city's top criminal defense attorney. Her aggressive courtroom tactics have garnered her no love within the NOPD. Detective Albert Harris is a man for whom injustice became personal four years ago. He blames the system. He blames defense attorneys. He blames himself. When Megan crosses Harris' justice line, she becomes first an enemy, and then his responsibility. From behind her cast-iron persona, Megan silently fights demons, while pursuing love in unconventional ways. When that quest leads to a bloody betrayal, it will shake both Megan and Harris' polarized worlds. The line between personal and professional lives blurs as Megan faces demons she thought she had banished and Harris confronts fears he never knew he had. The truth he seeks, and the truth that seeks him, is buried deep within her wounded heart. With Megan trapped in a whirlpool of fear, compassion trumps bitterness as Harris becomes her lifeline of hope and she... his path to redemption., The heat in New Orleans is intense along the water's edge. Swamps and bayous mark the city--a city of division: East, West, Downtown, and Uptown.Detective Albert Harris has investigated many crimes in his distinguished career, uncovering clues to gruesome mysteries along the foggy banks of the timeless Mississippi. He carries his own secrets to the courthouse where he stands for justice with an ironclad conscience. The unsolved murder of his daughter, Miranda, is a bleeding wound rending his heart. He marshals on, searching for answers and accepting no compromises. He's raising his grandson, Kyle, who has his own secrets--mysteries that compound as he endures the torment of his classmates. Harris is not amused. He feels a rising tension between what he assumes and what he sees which threatens to tear his family apart.Megan Callahan is a hard case. She flaunts her success as the city's top criminal defense attorney and distances herself from questions of morality. Those lines were brutally breached in her past; now they have all but disappeared. Megan becomes the key to explosive events in Scarlet Crosses. As she steps across Harris' justice line, she becomes first an enemy and then his responsibility when her quest for true love leads to a bloody betrayal. As the investigation unfolds, she and Harris are swept into a raging torrent of terror and pain. Their relationship carries the clues to the truth--and the keys to transformation. As their personal and professional lives intertwine, Harris will confront fears he never knew he had, and Megan will face demons she thought she had vanquished. With emotions spilling over their boundaries, Harris' greatest challenge is revealed. It's the most important case of his life. The one at home. Miranda. Kyle. His own conflicted heart.