Duplicity: A James Lalonde Novel

A. D. Hay

Le Villain Press

About this ebook

A Murdered Professor. A Priceless Manuscript Stolen. A Journalist Caught in the Crossfire.

This was not the reunion James envisioned.

His friends are squabbling and keeping secrets. At the centre of the drama is a medieval manuscript.

Moments after James discovers a secret code on the pages of the manuscript, a hooded figure murders a professor and steals the manuscript from Oxford University.

While James is receiving medical attention, he discovers a secret about his past that he was never supposed to know.

Instead of staying on bed rest, James decides to leave town and uncover the truth. But, DI Alice O’Donnell puts a hold on his passport, believing James organised the murder and theft. Before he leaves for New York, James must investigate the truth behind the lab break-in.

As his investigation digs deeper, James discovers everyone has means, motive, opportunity and something to hide.

With an endless list of possible suspects, James must clear his name, find the manuscript, and identify the murderer before they strike again.

Duplicity is the second novel in A D Hay’s gripping amateur sleuth mystery series. If you like cloak and dagger mysteries filled with twists and turns, you’ll love this instalment from the series.

Ratings and reviews

Why did I want to come to a reunion? James wanted the reunion between his friends! Yet, did he really wanted? Everybody fighting everybody and more unexpected surprises than he was looking for! What professor gets killed? Could James have prevented the murder? Who committed the murder? James has his hands in the middle of another murder mystery! Well worth reading and will leave you on the edge of your seat!. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

About the author

A.D. Hay is a passionate bibliophile and can usually be found reading a book, and that book will most likely be a murder mystery. Amelia is the author of Suspicion, the first book in the James Lalonde mystery series. The Candidate is the first book in the Rookie Reporter Mystery series.

When not absorbed in a gripping page-turner or writing her James Lalonde series, Amelia loves to travel around Europe, drink tea, rosé, and eat pizza. She is obsessed with journalism, art history and is a closet religious thriller fan. Amelia was born in Brisbane, Australia and spent the last ten years living in London, where she lives with her husband, Roland.