Illusions of Trust

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When attorney Russell Palmer agreed to handle the divorce of a beautiful and wealthy socialite, he never anticipated the tangled web of deceit, corruption, periland murderhe would be forced to confront.

Russell Palmer, a young New York City attorney, is well-known for taking on unusual and high-risk cases alongside his private detective associate, Robbie Whyte. When the wealthy and alluring Christina Franco approaches him to represent her during divorce proceedings, he finds her story impossible to resist.

As Christina recounts the abuse she has suffered, Palmers protective instincts kick in. His interest deepens when she mentions a dangerous associate of her husbandsomeone Palmer has clashed with before.

Soon, a series of seemingly unrelated events begins to unfold that may or may not be related to Christina and her influential family. There is the apparent suicide of a prominent lawyer. A murder for which another of Palmers clients is charged. Then, a federal investigation into a major pharmaceutical company tied to Christinas husband.

As Palmer and Whyte work to disentangle the connections, they follow a trail that leads them from New Yorks underground circles to the rarified world of the ultra-richand even into the halls of Congress. Along the way they encounter a cast of intriguing individual who populate their clients world, including Christinas parentsan influential politician and his reclusive wife; an attractive journalist with a personal interest in Palmer; and a number of others populating their clients world.

With layers of deceit and corruption at every turn, Palmer and Whyte must navigate a treacherous path to protect their clientsand themselveswhile ensuring that justice, in all its complexity, prevails.

Author Bio

Jeffrey S. Stephens is the Amazon bestselling and PenCraft awardwinning author of the Jordan Sandor thrillers, Targets of Deception, Targets of Opportunity, Targets of Revenge, and Rogue Mission; the Anthony Walker murder mystery Crimes and Passion; the Pencraft First Place awardwinning novel, Fools Errand; and the Nicholas Reagan thrillers, The Handler and its sequel, Enemies Among Us.

A native of New York City, the author is a successful attorney in private practice, licensed in both New York and Connecticut. For more than forty years, he has lived in Greenwich, where he and his wife Nancy raised their two sons, Graham and Trevor.