The Last Alibi: A Crime Fiction Novel

Thomas Brennan sat in the interview room at the Metropolitan Police Department, his hands folded calmly on the scarred metal table, displaying none of the nervous energy that typically characterized suspects in murder investigations. Brennan was a methodical man, an accountant by profession, whose life had been systematically destroyed by Marcus Hartwell over the course of a bitter divorce proceeding that had concluded just six months earlier. The attorney had represented Brennan's ex-wife with ruthless efficiency, securing for her not only the majority of their marital assets but also primary custody of their two young children.

What made Brennan's situation remarkable was the ironclad nature of his alibi for the time period when Marcus Hartwell had been murdered. At precisely nine-fifteen on the evening in question, Brennan had been conducting a financial presentation to the board of directors of Meridian Industries, a presentation that had been recorded on video and witnessed by twelve individuals of unquestioned credibility. The presentation had lasted until ten-thirty, providing Brennan with documentation of his whereabouts that would satisfy even the most skeptical prosecutor.