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Two women. One dead man. And only one of them is telling the truth. The call comes at 6:47 AM: prominent Seattle architect Daniel Marsh has been found stabbed to death in his luxury loft. No forced entry. No signs of struggle. Just a body, a missing phone, and two words scrawled in blood on the hardwood floor: YOU PROMISED. Detective Sarah Voss has seventy-two hours to solve it before the DA forces her hand. But nothing about this case is simple-because her only suspects are sisters, and their stories don't just conflict. They accuse each other. Claire Hendrick, a composed high school guidance counselor, claims she was home alone that night, grieving a miscarriage no one knew about. But security footage places her car three blocks from the crime scene at the exact time of the murder. She insists her sister borrowed it without permission. Nina Hendrick, a pharmaceutical sales rep drowning in gambling debts, swears she was at an AA meeting across town. Except the meeting was cancelled that week. She has no alibi-and she's not apologizing for it. She says Claire has been lying since they were children, and this is just another manipulation. Both women had reasons to want Daniel dead. He was Claire's ex-boyfriend-obsessive, controlling, and threatening to expose the secret that would destroy her family. He was Nina's former drug dealer-the man who held compromising photos over her head, threatening to ruin her career and any chance of seeing her daughter again. And as Voss digs deeper, she uncovers something even more disturbing: Daniel had been writing a tell-all manuscript, an exposé designed to obliterate everyone who'd ever crossed him. Claire. Nina. Even their mother, Patricia-a woman with her own dark secrets and a convenient gap in her alibi. The evidence fractures with each interrogation. A wine glass with lipstick. A shoe print that doesn't match. A voicemail that changes everything. And then, the final blow: a critical piece of evidence vanishes from the precinct's lock-up, forged under Voss's own name. Someone is manipulating the investigation from the inside. The clock is ticking. The DA is demanding an arrest. And Voss is starting to realize that in a family built on lies, manipulation, and decades of buried trauma, the truth isn't just hidden-it's been shattered into pieces so small, no one may ever be able to put it back together. Every alibi is a weapon. Every sister is a suspect. And the real killer might be the one person no one is looking at. When the seventy-two hours are up, Voss will have her answer. But justice, she's learning, doesn't always look the way she expected. Sometimes it's messy. Sometimes it's tragic. And sometimes, the line between victim and perpetrator is so blurred, there's no clear place to draw it. Because when the truth finally comes out, it won't just destroy one life. It will shatter them all. Author's Note: Anatomy of an Alibi is a dark, twisty domestic thriller about the cost of secrets, the weight of family loyalty, and the devastating power of manipulation. Perfect for readers who crave morally complex characters, unreliable narrators, and mysteries where nothing-and no one-is as they seem. This is a standalone thriller with a complete resolution that answers all major questions, though the ending is bittersweet and morally complex. Contains themes of domestic abuse, addiction, psychological manipulation, and violence. If you love pulse-pounding suspense, shocking revelations, and stories that linger long after the final page-this one's for you. Justice will be served. But not everyone will survive it.

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