The Betrayed

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Washington DC. A woman is found murdered in her own home. A piece of incriminating evidence leads to the swift arrest of a local drug dealer. Case closed. But local cop Jack Cassian has questions. The victim came from one of the city's wealthiest families. So why was she living in such a rough part of town? And why is her mother so hostile and unhelpful? Teaming up with the dead woman's sister, Cassian's investigation leads him from the crack dens of the inner city to the country clubs and gilded offices of the nation's political elite. The answers lead only to further questions - and before they know it, they are slipping deep into a labyrinth of money, power and deceit to uncover a decades-old conspiracy which could rock the nation...