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Family Patriarch
The most dangerous promises are the ones you make to your family.
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About Family Patriarch
The most dangerous promises are the ones you make to your family. At twenty, Harry Gregory-Underwood was the golden boy. Top of his class at Oxford and destined for a career at Brigham's most prestigious law firm, he was the lifeline for his large, struggling working-class family. They relied on him for everything. Then his body is found dumped in a drainage ditch near Slooshes, Yonkers Green's notorious underground brothel. Harry was supposed to be preparing for his future—not found dead in the town's filthiest corner. Detective Inspector Myra Yearly is tasked with what looks like a simple case of a student gone wrong. But the more she digs into Harry's downfall, the more the case smells of corruption—a sickness rooted not just in Yonkers, but in the heart of Harry's own family. Was Harry living a secret double life of debt and indulgence? Or did he uncover a secret so toxic that someone had to ensure the family patriarch never came home? Family Patriarch is a dark, gripping psychological thriller that unearths class warfare, buried family sins, and the quiet desperation that turns golden boys into monsters.
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