{ "item_title" : "Truth Is a Killing Word", "item_author" : [" Price "], "item_description" : "In Aldermoor, where the machinery of justice is as powerful as it is vulnerable to corruption, Senior Inquisitor Katherine Wynn is called to the murder of Daniel Holloway, a celebrated corporate auditor whose testimony once brought down a shipping empire. Holloway has been killed at his own desk, and the original transcript of his sworn deposition has been pinned to his body. Across the pages, a crimson verdict declares: YOU KNEW YOU WERE INCOMPLETE. An antique timer stopped at zero suggests that the victim spent his final minutes listening to an ultimatum, not defending himself against a sudden attack.The crime is not isolated. Other respected citizens have died after giving testimony they believed to be truthful. Each scene carries the same chilling suggestion: the victims' certainty concealed something they failed to understand. As Katherine follows the evidence through sealed archives, disputed records, and the corridors of municipal power, she begins to see that the killer is not simply punishing lies. Someone is targeting the gap between what witnesses said, what they believed, and what the official record chose to preserve.The investigation draws Katherine into a dangerous struggle with the very institution she serves. Powerful officials demand control of the evidence, while the language of procedure threatens to bury uncomfortable facts beneath polished legal explanations. The case forces her to reconsider old convictions and the authority she has granted to sworn statements. A testimony can be accurate in every recorded detail and still leave out the truth that matters most.As the conspiracy tightens around the courthouse and the people who control its records, Katherine must decide whether loyalty to the system means protecting its reputation or exposing its failures. The cost of that decision is personal and professional: to reveal the truth, she may have to surrender the badge, certainty, and career that once defined her.Truth Is a Killing Word is a dark, atmospheric legal thriller about forensic investigation, institutional corruption, and the peril of confusing confidence with justice. In rain-soaked Aldermoor, every document has a history, every omission leaves a trace, and every word spoken under oath can become either an anchor-or a weapon. Katherine's final test is not merely to identify a killer, but to accept her own part in a system that can turn incomplete truths into sentences of ruin.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/818/301/9798183011524_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "18.96", "online_price" : "18.96", "our_price" : "18.96", "club_price" : "18.96", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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