{"product_id":"second-deposit-claire-owens-9798259140202","title":"Second Deposit","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dead judge's safety deposit box should have been sealed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, two days after his death, Bellwether Trust manager \u003cb\u003eTessa Quinn\u003c\/b\u003e discovers it was opened using valid credentials that should have expired the moment he died. Inside, the confidential legal evidence the judge was supposed to be protecting is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its place: a \u003cb\u003esingle motel key\u003c\/b\u003e, an old photograph, and a secret that should have stayed buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe key leads to a forgotten roadside motel.\u003cbr\u003eThe photograph shows Tessa as a child beside the judge.\u003cbr\u003eAnd Tessa has no memory of ever meeting him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she follows the trail, Tessa uncovers a decades-old web of sealed evidence, courtroom corruption, private banking routes, and powerful men who built their reputations on silence. But this is no longer just a legal mystery. It is personal. Because the deeper she goes, the more she realizes her own life may have been shaped by the very people who destroyed her mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the truth is waiting beneath the polished surface of the institution she trusted most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd someone is still willing to do anything to keep it locked away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSecond Deposit\u003c\/b\u003e is a smart, atmospheric psychological suspense novel filled with buried secrets, institutional betrayal, family mystery, and the kind of elegant twist-driven tension that keeps readers turning pages late into the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epsychological thrillers with family secrets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edomestic suspense with elite institutions and hidden corruption\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecold-case style mysteries with personal stakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etwisty women-centered suspense with emotional depth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Owens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798259140202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Claire Owens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172997538047,"sku":"9798259140202","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/second-deposit-claire-owens-9798259140202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}