The deed says the house was sold. The owner never signed anything.
Seventy-four-year-old Dorothy Kane calls the police when two strangers arrive at her Detroit home with a recorded deed, and insist the house belongs to them.
Before Detective Lena Mercer can interview her, Dorothy is found murdered in the basement.
County records show she transferred the property twelve hours before her death. Someone wants Lena to believe it was a legitimate sale. But Dorothy’s refusal to leave her own home tells a different story.
Following the paperwork through Detroit and Wayne County, Lena uncovers more suspicious transfers: elderly homeowners stripped of their property, vacant houses claimed by strangers, and family inheritances swallowed by forged documents. What first looked like an isolated fraud begins to reveal an organized operation that knows whose homes to target and how to make the theft look legal.
Dorothy challenged the record. Now she is dead.
To find her killer, Lena must connect the people behind the signatures before another homeowner becomes another closed file.
WHO LIVES HERE? opens The Stolen House Files, a connected crime thriller trilogy by Prasanth N.M. With a determined female detective, a murder investigation, and a chilling property-fraud conspiracy, this fast-paced police procedural explores how easily a lifetime’s security can disappear on paper.
You don’t have to break into a house if the paperwork says it belongs to you.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The deed says the house was sold. The owner never signed anything.Seventy-four-year-old Dorothy Kane calls the police when two strangers arrive at her Detroit home with a recorded deed, and insist the house belongs to them.Before Detective Lena Mercer can interview her, Dorothy is found murdered in the basement.County records show she transferred the property twelve hours before her death. Someone wants Lena to believe it was a legitimate sale. But Dorothy's refusal to leave her own home tells a different story.Following the paperwork through Detroit and Wayne County, Lena uncovers more suspicious transfers: elderly homeowners stripped of their property, vacant houses claimed by strangers, and family inheritances swallowed by forged documents. What first looked like an isolated fraud begins to reveal an organized operation that knows whose homes to target and how to make the theft look legal.Dorothy challenged the record. Now she is dead.To find her killer, Lena must connect the people behind the signatures before another homeowner becomes another closed file.WHO LIVES HERE opens The Stolen House Files, a connected crime thriller trilogy by Prasanth N.M. With a determined female detective, a murder investigation, and a chilling property-fraud conspiracy, this fast-paced police procedural explores how easily a lifetime's security can disappear on paper.You don't have to break into a house if the paperwork says it belongs to you. Artikel-Nr. 9798172517990
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