Death pact
Subtitle: a romantic mystery
By: by William Manchee.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A Rich Coleman Novel
Publisher: Top Publications
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Plano, Tex
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Inheritance and succession -- Fiction; Teenage girls -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
First sentence: It all started in January 1979, the same day the Shah of Iran was forced to flee from the country he had ruled for thirty-eight years. I remember listening to the news reports of his departure on my way to work and wondering what impact it would have on oil prices.
Description: Richard Coleman, has made partner in his law firm in record time. Despite his success there is little joy in his life having recently lost his wife in a tragic car accident. It's been a year now and he's tried to adjust to the loneliness and emptiness in his life with little success. Then he meets Erica Fox, the seventeen year old daughter of a high roller, Franklin Fox. Mr. Fox is divorced and needs someone to be trustee over Erica's affairs should he die. After eliminating all potential candidates for the job, Rich ends up being recruited for the task. When Franklin dies, Rich assumes his duties but soon is drawn into an illicit affair. When they are discovered by a meddlesome aunt she threatens to blow the whistle on them and have Rich thrown in jail. When she is later found dead the two lovers are prime suspects. Eventually Erica is charged with the murder but Rich knows she didn't do it, and sets out to prove it. What he doesn't realize is how perilous the search for the truth will be. . . .