Damage
The Curtlees are a powerful force in San Francisco, unscrupulous billionaires who have lined every pocked in the Bay Area in pursuit of their own ascent (gee...sounds familiar, doesn't it!). When the family's heir, Ro Curtlee, was convicted of the rape and murder of a servant girl in the family home, the fallout against those responsible was swift and uncompromising. The jury foreman was fired from his job and blacklisted. The lead prosecutor was pushed off a career fast track and the head homicide detective was reassigned to the police department's payroll office. Ro's lawyers win him a retrial and he's released. Within 24 hours, a fire kills the original trial's star witness and her abused remains are discovered in the ashes. When a second fire claims another participant in the case, the detective is convinced that Ro is out for revenge. This was written in 2011. Whoda thunk?