5/27/2023 0 Comments Baldacci the innocent summary![]() ![]() The events leading up to the execution of Rosemary Thomas provide a riveting opening to the book, with the storyline picking up 10 years later. ![]() The good news is that there's a terrific story being told in No Rest for the Dead, though it isn't quite as unpredictable as David Baldacci, in his introduction, would have one believe. ![]() But the cop who was instrumental in sealing Rosemary's fate now believes she was innocent … and someone at this service has gotten away with murder. Ten years after her execution, a memorial service is coordinated at which all the principals involved in her trial are invited. The evidence against her is overwhelming, as is the District Attorney's desire to convict a prominent citizen in an election year, and she is found guilty of first degree murder, sentenced to death. When he disappears later that night and his badly decomposed body is discovered weeks later, Rosemary is held on suspicion of murder. ![]() But after years of his openly conducted extramarital affairs and lavishly spending the income from her trust fund, she's had enough … and tells him so during a gala held at the museum. Review: Twenty-six popular mystery writers contribute a chapter or two each to the crime novel No Rest for the Dead, a stand-alone thriller with an introduction by David Baldacci.ĭuring their marriage, socialite Rosemary Thomas faithfully supported her husband Christopher's career as curator and front man for San Francisco's small but influential McFall Art Museum. ![]()
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