Book One  ·  Benjamin Radcliffe Series

Second for the Dead

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Sixty feet under the Nevada desert, billionaires bid on each other's secrets. Benjamin Radcliffe decides who wins.

Then a former friend from his old life walks into the auction carrying a murder. Red Weinstein, the professor who taught Radcliffe that every human being is a game you can learn, is dead in an Indiana vineyard. Tuxedo. Throat cut. No footprints in or out.

Radcliffe and Red hadn't spoken in years, but they never stopped playing chess by mail. And a postcard found in Red's pocket ends with a move that doesn't exist. Red didn't make mistakes. Not about chess, at least. Red is calling Radcliffe back to the college town he swore he'd never see again.

In Limestone, the case closed almost before it opened. The sheriff kicked it upstairs. The state buried it. No one wants the truth dug up. Except Radcliffe — even if it costs him a secret he's spent ten years hiding.

Red's murder isn't the mystery. It's the opening move. And Radcliffe never played a game he didn't mean to win.

The first move is for the living. The second is for the dead.

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383 pages  ·  Uptude Studio  ·  For fans of Joseph Finder, David Baldacci, and Steve Berry