The Judas Gene
by Bruce Harris
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Pub Date Jun 28 2024 | Archive Date Aug 30 2024
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Description
Leading industrialist and donor to the Conservative Party, Ralph Manningham, forced his father into early retirement so that he could take over the family business. Many years later, he is discovered dead at his home, the spilled bottle of pills on his desk a clear suggestion of suicide.
The news of Ralph’s death causes a stir within his political circles; influential figures are worried that a potential scandal will engulf them. Inspector Max Bellamy’s task is to pick up the pieces, but as events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that Ralph’s apparent suicide is not as it seems.
Who has the motive to want Ralph dead?
In this perplexing and challenging ‘whodunnit’, will Inspector Bellamy succeed in solving the case, or will the shadows of deception prevail?
A Note From the Publisher
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781835741269 |
| PRICE | £4.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 216 |
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Featured Reviews
Robin P, Reviewer
The Judas Gene couldn't possibly be any more timely. Having greatly enjoyed his previous two novels I had high hopes for this new one from Bruce Harris and it is an absolute tour de force. The author poignantly captures political intrigue and its demands for maneuvering unwanted facts; the powerful and chilling effects of a family business grown beyond its natural boundaries and deadlocked in bitter dispute; and how hope and a new beginning can be found but not always without repercussions from the past. There's even a very moving love story wrapped up in a mystery.
Max Bellamy is the perfect character to investigate a possible suicide or murder in a country house; and the Manninghams, with all their family jealousies and differences of opinion, are the perfect suspects.
Emotionally authentic and genuinely intriguing.
