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Goodreads asked James Carrol:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

James Carrol Actually, I lost a close friend, who was dropping clues, that he was in danger for his life. However, no one really took him seriously and thought it was his over active imagination playing tricks on him.
Suddenly, I received the news of his death at age 38, leaving an amassed fortune of millions of dollars undetermined in investment accounts and without a will.
In an effort to help his grieving family I volunteered to move his personal possessions and clean his apartment. While running a vacuum, I came across the clues or evidence for his claims, and at the same time his cousin was like a hawk, going through all of his financial records and accounts.
Later in life, and after much thought, I drew the conclusion that my friend's death was nothing less than murder, cleverly covered up by his cousin.

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