Family Patriarch
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At just twenty, Harry Gregory-Underwood had it all - top of his class at Oxford, a pre-law prodigy destined for a position at Brigham's most powerful law firm, Persons & Persons Inc.
As the eldest of six in a struggling household, Harry wasn't just a student.
He was the family's lifeline.
So when his body is found dumped in a ditch near Yonkers' underground brothel, Slooshes, everything changes.
Was Harry living a double life?
Was it gambling? Women? Debt?
Or did someone drag him there - and make sure he never came back?
Family Patriarch peels back the layers behind his downfall, unearthing class warfare, buried family sins, and the quiet kind of desperation that turns good men into legends... or monsters.
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