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    "description": "An intelligence agent-turned-courthouse janitor, Paul McGrath notices everything and everyone\u2014but no one notices him. It\u2019s the perfect cover for the justice he seeks for both his father and the people who\u2019ve been wronged by a corrupt system. Now he\u2019s discovered a missing file on Alex Pardew\u2014the man who defrauded and likely murdered McGrath\u2019s father but avoided conviction, thanks in large part to the loss of this very file. And what lies behind its disappearance is even worse than McGrath had feared. \n \nMeanwhile, at the courthouse, he stumbles on the case of Len Hendrie, a small businessman who\u2019s been accused of torching a venture capitalist\u2019s mansion. Though Hendrie admits starting the fire, McGrath learns how the VC has preyed on average Joes to benefit himself\u2014and his extensive wine collection. McGrath can\u2019t resist looking deeper into this financial predator and soon finds himself in a gray area between his avenging moral compass and the limits of the law. \n \nThen, just as the Hendrie case is heating up, McGrath receives word of the death of his father\u2019s former housekeeper, sending him back to his family home to confront unfinished business from his past. And he\u2019s about to find some unwelcome truths about the mother he lost as a child\u2014and the father who hid even more secrets than he realized.",
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