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Vindication: A Matt Royal Mystery

Premier adult community with everything you could possibly want, need or dream of doing in your retirement years is just a golf cart ride away --- now the scene of a murder

In this John Grisham-style mystery, Matt Royal, the retired lawyer-turned-beach-bum, is called back into the courtroom to defend his girlfriend J. D. Duncan's Aunt Esther, who lives in the sprawling North Central Florida retirement community of The Villages. A bestselling author has been murdered after a book signing, and Aunt Esther has been arrested. Matt has a history with the local sheriff --- one that may not bode well for his client.

Matt reluctantly suits up for the courtroom, and J.D. takes a leave from the police department to go undercover. A bizarre specter from the past haunts their investigation every step of the way. As they delve further into the case, the pieces of the puzzle refuse to fall into any kind of coherent pattern. Jock Algren arrives with his special skill set to expose the real murderer and free Aunt Esther, but to no avail. Not until the case goes to trial and the evidence is revealed does the truth emerge --- and a strange kind of justice prevails.

Vindication: A Matt Royal Mystery
by H. Terrell Griffin

  • Publication Date: January 15, 2019
  • Genres: Fiction, Mystery
  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Oceanview Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1608093328
  • ISBN-13: 9781608093328