Discomfort And Unreasonable Imposition

Having retired from the CIA, Avery Whitaker lives happily in the ordered serenity of the elegant home that he has inherited, and keeps tropical fish. Then, at two in the morning, his younger sister Estelle falls at his door mute with shock and wearing only a thin, blood stained nightgown. Soon, a conspiracy fueled by malice and greed envelopes Avery, bringing him closer to death than he has ever been. In a previous novel, NEXT TO HEAVEN, Avery Whitaker meets Jane Culwell while living tempor...