Everyone, it seems, even the staff and the lawyer, might have a motive for murder. Amanda starts off a bit precious, but eventually finds her metal. The plot has quite a few twists and turns and none of the characters is what they first seem to be. Stefan has crafted a murder mystery that is fast-paced, full of suspense and action-packed. But this is a move that puts her in more danger than she ever imagined. A clue that the police seem uninterested in following up sends Amanda back to Australia to see if she can find her mother’s killer. Amanda finds herself in a houseful of strangers, all of whom seem to have their own agenda, and is unsure who she can trust. The police suspect murder and the Campbell family lawyer, Lionel Cohen reveals that Jean was preparing a new will that left the bulk of the estate to her daughter. But before she has more than a few hours to connect with the real mother, Jean is found dead in her ensuite bathroom. Her step-brother, Dorian, is prickly and antagonistic. Her twin, Brian, seems a stereotypical Aussie male: friendly, laconic and rather casual.
What she is certainly not expecting is a twin brother and a step-brother.
She wants to find out why Jean, widow of Campbell- Beare Pharmaceuticals founder, Murray Campbell, gave her up for adoption, and she hopes she will finally form a real mother-daughter relationship. When celebrated Australian nature photographer, Amanda Blake travels to California to meet Jean Campbell, the birth mother she has only just learned of, she is apprehensive but hopeful. The Deadly Caress is the first novel by Australian author, O.N.Stefan.
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