by Philip Jett
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PHILIP JETT is a former corporate attorney, now living in Nashville, Tennessee, who has represented corporations, hospitals, CEOs, celebrities from the music, television, and sports industries, and other noteworthy clients. Since 2007, he has ghostwritten for business clients, contributed articles to a Nashville newspaper, and focused on writing narrative nonfiction for publication. He has two sons and volunteers often for children’s causes. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Prologue
Part I: The Plan
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Part II: The Disappearance
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Part III: The Capture and Trial
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Photographs
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
About the Author
Copyright
THE DEATH OF AN HEIR. Copyright © 2017 by Philip Jett. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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(left) Adolph Coors III © Bettmann/Getty Images;
(right) Joseph Corbett © John F. Urwiller/Associated Press
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