Dead Presidents (An Aria Raymond Thriller Book 3) by Thomas Ransom (dark books to read .txt) 📗

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Dead Presidents

An Aria Raymond Thriller

Book 3

Thomas Ransom

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

About the Book

Chapter 1: Starting Over

Chapter 2: The Investigation

Chapter 3: Visitor from the Past

Chapter 4: The Calm Before the Storm

Chapter 5: Secrets Revealed

Chapter 6: Presidents Are Falling

Chapter 7: The Attack!

Chapter 8: Thin Ice

Chapter 9: Run!

Chapter 10: Getting Closer

Epilogue

Staying in Touch with Tom

Also by Thomas Ransom

About the Book

THEY WILL STOP AT NOTHING UNTIL THEY GET WHAT THEY WANT!

The autopsy report of Whitney Fox reveals that she was murdered, just as Sanjay had predicted. Sanjay is determined to take on this case and find the real culprits and make sure they are held accountable.

Meanwhile, two more financial institutions have fallen victim to this mysterious syndicate.  The President/CEO of both companies were found murdered just weeks after Aria’s trial. The more Sanjay investigates, the more confident he is that all these murders are connected. However, he must watch his back too. Anyone who has gotten close to the truth has been found dead!

Diaz wants justice. She wants justice for Ellen and for herself. Whoever was behind Coon’s murder and Aria’s wrongful imprisonment murdered Ellen and kidnapped her. She knows these two new murders are connected as well. She is keen to go after the people who are behind all this. She knows something big is going down and wants to get to the bottom of it.

Aria is struggling. While she has her friends around her, she can’t dismiss the trauma she had to endure. But she is determined to get back her life back and start afresh. It’s then that someone comes knocking from the past, and she can’t decide if it is a good thing or a bad thing.

Wayne is already keeping a secret he is willing to bury. But when he gets his hands on some confidential documents that appear to be connected to the murders, he must decide if he is going to keep it to himself or blow the whole investigation wide open! He must watch his back though…someone is coming after him!

Main Characters

Nicole Diaz is a hotshot lawyer who reluctantly agreed to take Aria’s case. Soon she got sucked into the messy case. She had just won Aria’s case after a lot of effort and struggle. She is now, more than ever, determined to bring Ellen’s murders and her abductors down.

Detective Sanjay Ray was the detective investigating Coons’ murder case. He was the only one to believe in Aria’s innocence and played a major part in successfully getting her out of prison. However, he has a strong suspicion that the new murders, including Whitney’s, are connected with Coon’s murder, and he is willing to go to lengths to get to the bottom of this.

Aria Raymond was a financial analyst at a leading financial consulting firm in the country. However, she was charged with the first-degree murder of her boss and served life in prison until Diaz and Sanjay proved her innocence. She is struggling but is determined to get her life back. However, someone from the past enters her life, and she might end up in another mess.

Wayne Mark worked with Aria and Tanya at the same financial consulting firm. He replaced Aria on a major project and is now acting head of the financial department of the company. With Whitney gone, he has gotten his hands on some top-secret documents that reveal alarming details. He soon realizes there is a threat looming around him.

Chapter 1: Starting Over

“A body has been found in an alley, stabbed to death near the local convention center. Police have not confirmed the identity. However, our sources say that the body is believed to be the president of a leading financial company. We are still waiting for the captain of the precinct to comment on this recent murder.”

“On related news, the suicide case of Whitney Fox is now a murder investigation when signs of foul play were found in the autopsy report. There have been speculations that the murder of Ms. Fox is connected to the murder of Mr. Coons that occurred more than a year ago. Aria Raymond was arrested for Coons’ murder when overwhelming evidence was found against her. However, a few months later, the real murderer, a man known only as ‘David’, confessed to the crime, and Raymond was released. Stay tuned for more updates.”

“Now, let’s get the weather update…”

Sanjay switched off the television and sighed. “God only knows how these media channels get their information. Why create a panic so early on?” he thought to himself as he ate his breakfast cereal. As if on cue, his cellphone started ringing. It was Sergeant Jake, who was his partner in the Coons’ murder investigation. They were handling Whitney’s murder investigation as well.

“Hey!”

“Who the hell told these idiots that it’s a murder investigation now!?” Jake clearly sounded annoyed. “As if I don’t have enough to deal with. The press has been calling me nonstop! If I get my hands on whoever leaked this…”

“A good morning to you too, Sarge! Lovely day,” Sanjay chuckled.

“Why are you in such a good mood, huh?”

Sanjay sighed, “I’m not. Believe me, I’m also rather pissed but come on. You know this always