Inheritance

Detective Michael Graves has spent decades in the shadows of other people’s crimes. Hardened by years of interrogation rooms, cigarette smoke, and the weight of unsolved cases, he now finds himself face to face with a man who may be more dangerous than any he has ever questioned. Richard Alden doesn’t look like a killer. Calm, measured, almost polite — he carries himself with the confidence of someone who knows more than he should. But behind his words lurks something darker, something that makes every sentence feel like a trap.