Bleedout: A Novel

Joan Brady's "action-packed, densely woven" (Publishers Weekly) novel is an ingeniously layered psychological thriller about a family corrupted by a violent death and the shadow of a complicated friendship.

The victim : An invincible attorney.

Hugh Freyl, the scion of the richest and most influential family in Springfield, Illinois, is found beaten to death in the library of his own law firm.

The suspect : A convicted killer.

David Marion, a young man from the inner city, is on par...