And investigators confirmed, quickly, the shape of the lie: there had never been a warrant for Sidonie Norwood.

Tamsyn Grimes had never been reported dead or missing.

There had been no manslaughter, because there had been no death — only a staged one, built out of a tampered drink and a theatrical scene, engineered by two people who wanted Sidonie gone without the mess of a divorce, wanted sole control of Percy, and wanted a grieving father they could bleed a little more every month.

Chapter 20 — A Hundred Thousand Dollars

Over six years, Radley had taken more than a hundred thousand dollars from Ellard.

He’d used it to clear his mortgage, to travel with Tamsyn, to keep a comfortable hidden life.