A Beacon in the Mist
His marriage, ambition, and control are unraveling...​​
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...and someone’s watching
A Beacon in the Mist
Dr. Liam O’Keefe is a top surgeon in Washington, D.C., a master of control in the operating room. At home, it’s a different story. With three young children and a wife, Sara, who feels her career as an investigative journalist has been disregarded, the strain on their marriage is quietly reaching a breaking point.
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Then Sara is found murdered just blocks from their home.
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While the police stall, Liam begins searching for answers, and possibly for redemption. What starts as a desperate attempt to make sense of her death becomes a slow unraveling of the life they built together. The secrets she left behind. The ones he has tried to forget.
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Everyone is a suspect. Even Liam himself. The clues start to fall into place, but the truth is just out of reach.
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Set in the heart of Washington, this medical mystery peels back the polished surface of marriage, ambition, and control.
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What Liam discovers will change everything.
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REVIEWS
“Robert J. Daley takes his readers on a captivating journey into the mind and the life of a busy orthopedic surgeon, vividly bringing to life the stresses, pressures and conflicts—professional and personal—so prevalent in that profession. That portrayal will resonate with medical practitioners and provide the rest of us with a fascinating and eye-opening glimpse into a life that is starkly different from our own understanding and experiences. Within that context, Daley weaves a chilling and suspenseful tale of jealousy and murder—a first-rate, edge-of-your seat thriller.
A Beacon in the Mist is an exceedingly well-done debut novel that will leave readers eagerly awaiting Daley’s next project.”
—Joseph Hayes, author of When No One Is Watching
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“A Beacon in the Mist is a gripping, fast-paced yarn that will keep readers begging for more.”
—Michael J. Collins, author of Hot Lights, Cold Steel
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​“Daley offers an arresting whodunit about a Washington, D.C., surgeon whose life is upended by a shocking murder and his own preoccupation with finding the killer...the suspense is palpable, the mystery engaging, and the characters complex and well-defined…Mystery buffs—especially those who enjoy whodunits set in urban milieus—will be thoroughly engaged as they ride shotgun on O’Keefe’s mission to bring the culprit to justice.”
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