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  • Published: 17 October 2016
  • ISBN: 9780399171208
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $55.00

Broken Trust



Having investigated his share of gruesome murders, Philadelphia Homicide Sergeant Matt Payne is beginning to think nothing can shock him – until the case of a young socialite’s death lands on his desk.

Having investigated his share of gruesome murders, Philadelphia Homicide Sergeant Matt Payne is beginning to think nothing can shock him – until the case of a young socialite’s death lands on his desk. The Camilla Rose Morgan he’d known as a teenager was beautiful and brilliant – how was it possible she’d jumped to her death from her own balcony? Her brother tells Payne she’d tragically been battling a lifetime of mental demons, and there is plenty of evidence of it, but still . . . something just doesn’t sit right. The more Payne digs, the more complications he discovers. Reputations are on the line here, and lives – and if Payne doesn’t tread carefully, one of them may be his own.

  • Published: 17 October 2016
  • ISBN: 9780399171208
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $55.00

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Praise for Broken Trust

Griffin has the knack. With enviable skill he doles out humanizing detail for a large and colorful cast, and you care what happens to virtually all of them. Griffin is one of those writers who sets his novel before you in short, fierce, stop-for-nothing scenes. Before you know it, you’ve gobbled it up

The Philadelphia Inquirer

If God is truly in the details, then Griffin must be the pope of police procedurals. What’s amazing is that all these factoids don’t slow down the story’s considerable momentum for a minute. Nor do they keep Griffin’s gritty cops from convincing us of their individuality

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Speedy plotting, lively entertainment

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Griffin’s books sell millions. They deserve it!

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