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Legal Thriller · October 2026

The Verdict Came First

The verdict came first. Then came the murder. A retired judge receives a court judgment convicting a man of killing his daughter—seventeen days before she's murdered exactly as described. Investigator Daniel Rourke uncovers a deadly conspiracy of forged evidence, buried secrets, and judicial corruption. Can he expose a killer who seems to have written the future? A gripping impossible-crime thriller!

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