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Toni Bennett's partner Harry is in jail for a murder he didn't commit, a former client of theirs. Toni's first, last, and only priority is to find the evidence necessary to clear his name and set him free. The world, however, has other ideas.
The mortgage is coming due, the utilities are due, she needs to eat, and her liquor store tab is in arrears. In order to keep the business open Toni has to find other work. But every moment spent making money is another moment spent not figuring out who framed Harry. When she finally does have time to work his case it turns out that how they framed him, and even who framed him, aren't nearly as important as WHY.
About the author
Aaron S Gallagher was born in Syracuse, New York and currently resides in Leander, Texas with his long-suffering wife, three rowdy teenagers, and a thoroughly indifferent cat. His writing career began at a young age after he annexed an old mechanical typewriter from his mother.
His work has appeared in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Ares Magazine, and Escape Pod. He has received both a semi-finalist and honorable mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. His previous novel, The Mercer Street Murder, won the Book Talk Radio Club Award for Best in Crime Fiction 2018. In between haranguing magazine editors he also wrote 17 books and refuses to stop. His genres include crime fiction, science fiction, and drama.
He prefers to read deep stories populated with characters that develop and breathe on their own, and endeavors to write the same. His goal is to create new worlds, compelling characters, and to bring something unique into the world.
