A Shattered Circle: A Legal Thriller
About this ebook
Ever since a fall from a stepladder, Judge Lonergan hasn’t been the same. The accident triggered traumatic dementia—a condition that his wife and secretary, Barbara, is desperate to keep hidden from the public. With the help of the judge’s law clerk, she seems to be succeeding—until a judicial complaint is filed against her husband.
Meanwhile, in another part of the courthouse, court officer Foxx begins an unofficial investigation into a twenty-five-year-old murder that occurred there. It’s the least he can do for his dying childhood friend, the convicted killer who still proclaims his innocence.
From the inner sanctums and shadowy depths of the historic Manhattan courthouse, old secrets and scandals come to light, entangling both Foxx and Barbara in a web of ruthless ambition and dangerous obsession . . .
About the author
Kevin Egan is the author of eight novels and more than 40 short stories. His three legal thrillers—Midnight, The Missing Piece, and A Shattered Circle, each set in the New York County Courthouse—were inspired by his thirty years as a staff attorney in that iconic building. Egan's short stories regularly appear in leading mystery publications such as Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Mystery Tribune, Mystery Magazine, and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. His five other novels include a science fiction/mystery mash-up, The Perseus Breed; a three-part golf mystery series written under the pen name Conor Daly; and a stand-alone golf mystery under a K.J. Egan byline.
Egan has taught fiction writing classes in the Community Education Program at Westchester Community College and legal writing courses in the Legal Studies Program at Berkeley College in Manhattan. For more information, visit www.kjeganfiction.com.
