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Two families entangled in a long and complex history of love and deceit . . . Twenty five years ago, after a society picnic held by businessman and politician Zeus Kronon, Zeus' headstrong daughter Dita was found murdered. Her boyfriend, Cass Gianis, confessed to the crime. Now Cass has been released from prison into the care of his twin, Mayoral candidate Paul Gianis, who is in the middle of a high profile political campaign. But Dita's brother Hal is convinced there is information surrounding his sister's death that remains buried - and he won't rest until he's discovered the truth. Hal's employee, former FBI Special Agent Evon Miller, teams up with Tim Brodie, a retired police officer, to investigate. After all this time, can they find evidence to place Paul Gianis, the 'innocent' twin, at the scene of the crime? Soon Paul will find himself struggling to hold his campaign together amidst Hal's increasingly damning allegations. But what does the mayoral candidate really have to hide? And why has Cass Gianis vanished?

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A story of dark family rivalries, shadowy politics and hidden secrets from a bestselling thriller writer. 25 years ago a politician's daughter was murdered, her boyfriend convicted of the crime. But now he has been released, an FBI agent and a retired police officer have reason to suspect the ex-con's supposedly innocent mayoral candidate twin instead.

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' An ingenious, beguiling mixture of crime fiction and family saga . . . A novel that starts as a legal thriller turns into a brilliantly plotted whodunit' Sunday Times Two families entangled in a long and complex history of love and deceit . . . Twenty- five years ago, after a society picnic held by businessman and politician Zeus Kronon, Zeus' headstrong daughter Dita was found murdered. Her boyfriend, Cass Gianis, confessed to the crime. Now Cass has been released from prison into the care of his identical twin, Mayoral candidate Paul Gianis, who is in the middle of a high profile political campaign. But Dita's brother Hal is convinced there is information surrounding his sister's death that remains buried - and he won't rest until he's discovered the truth. Soon Paul Gianis will find himself struggling to hold his campaign together amidst Hal's increasingly damning allegations. But what does the mayoral candidate really have to hide? And why has Cass vanished? 'A compulsively readable tale of love, guilt and revenge' Los Angeles Times

Author Biography

Scott Turow is the world-famous author of several bestselling novels about the law, from Presumed Innocent to Reversible Errors, as well as the wartime thriller Ordinary Heroes. He has also written an examination of the death penalty, Ultimate Punishment. He lives with his family outside Chicago, where he is a partner in the international law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal.

Review

The thrill of any good Turow novel is that heart-stopping instant when you realize you've been piecing together the wrong puzzle * Entertainment Weekly * Turow has many gifts . . . He long ago proved that he is a fine stylist whose sly, grave sentences are merciless tools for probing a criminal justice system unequal to the task of sorting out responsibility for human frailty * New York Times * A novel that starts as a legal thriller turns into a brilliantly plotted whodunit. Empathetic and endearing, Tim clearly deserves his own spin-off series * Sunday Times *

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A novel that starts as a legal thriller turns into a brilliantly plotted whodunit. Empathetic and endearing, Tim clearly deserves his own spin-off series

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A novel that starts as a legal thriller turns into a brilliantly plotted whodunit. Empathetic and endearing, Tim clearly deserves his own spin-off series

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A gripping masterpiece of dark family rivalries, shadowy politics and hidden secrets, Identical is the stunning new thriller from bestselling author Scott Turow, writing at the height of his powers.

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