All of the spiders you flushed down the toilet.

Jack Hart, successful lawyer, financialLy comfortable, with a wealthy and very beautiful partner-girlfriend, seemed to have it all. It should have been easy to sign off on a suicide for the insurance company, but it was something someone said - a woman doesn't kill herself if she's successfully dieting. But had the weight loss been from the emotional trauma of her mother's death? And why could no one, even her long time work colleagues or the staff at her mother's care home where she'd visited daily, really remember what she looked like? Or even if she wore glasses? It was as if she had been invisible.a

So begins a long and convoluted investigation into the death of Kerry, who had died after falling from the tenth floor of her building, and the other deaths which followed. His girlfriend, too, is involved in a Grand Jury investgation, and Jack's life expands to include not only high society fund raising auctions but working as a labourer on building sites. Great characters, fast pace, good dialogue, very unexpected story with multiple twists: in all, a fascinating read.
And the narration by Noah DeBiase is good, living up to the quality of the story itself. His voice is pleasant, with good pacing and we'll intoned, the individual characters also given separate voicings. A fine performance which enhances the enjoyment of the book.

Dead Weight is the fourth in the Jack Hart series but can be read without prior knowledge of the earlier books. All the reader needs to know is here. This was my introduction to the lawyer but, I hope, not my last encounter as I'm definitely going to actively seek out the books which came before as I enjoyed it thoroughly. There were twists and turns, great characters and was vividly visual throughout: definitely a book I'd recommended. My thanks, therefore, to the rights holder of Dead Weight, who, at my request freely gifted me with a complimentary copy of the book via Audiobook Boom. It enjoyably entertained me throughout it's ten plus hours. Excellent.

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