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Vera Beats the Bush
Paperback
Publisher: Aurelia Nechita
Published: Apr 3 2026
Pages: 444
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.99 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Vera Beats the Bush
When a brutal robbery leaves a trail of missing millions, stolen gold, and too many bodies, the truth refuses to stay buried.
At the center of the storm stands Vera Smirnov-beautiful, calculating, and far more dangerous than anyone first believes. Behind the polished image of luxury, beauty clinics, and high-end living lies a hidden world of false identities, trafficked girls, secret border routes, and criminal plans executed with chilling precision. Around Vera moves a deadly cast of lovers, hustlers, thieves, and killers, each one driven by greed, fear, revenge, or desire.
Jerome, Vera's violent former lover, spirals into a murderous rage after discovering betrayal too deep to forgive. James, Vera's young American boyfriend, gets seduced by easy money and walks straight into a nightmare beyond his depth. Martina, Leva, Maria, Jason, and a host of shadowy accomplices become tangled in a web of stolen faces, hidden fortunes, and buried loyalties. As police close in, each revelation uncovers another lie, another identity, another secret link to the robbery of Malcolm X.
But the bloodshed in Alicante is only the visible part of the crime.
As detectives chase fingerprints, follow the money, and recover part of the stolen fortune, one terrifying fact becomes clear: the dead are not the true masterminds. Someone colder, smarter, and far more disciplined has stayed hidden behind the chaos, using others as shields while the real operation stretches across cities, borders, and carefully manufactured lives.
In Vera Beats the Bush, love becomes possession, beauty becomes camouflage, and trust becomes the most dangerous mistake of all. With bodies dropping, fortunes vanishing, and identities collapsing one after another, the survivors must face a brutal question:
When everyone lies, who do we fear most-the killer in the room, or the invisible mind that taught them all where to point the gun?
A fast, dark thriller packed with betrayal, obsession, false identities, and deadly suspense, Vera Beats the Bush drags readers into a world where nothing is what it seems-and where the truth arrives only after the blood does.
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