Ophelia: Drowning in Guilt

Written by Norman Bacal

Narrated by Jenny Hoops

Finalist 2021 National Indie Excellence Awards

ACCIDENTAL DEATH OR PERFECTLY PLOTTED MURDER?Tal Neilson is slowly losing his mind. He’s convinced his dead father Geri has been murdered, but no one believes him. Geri’s voice in his head is screaming for revenge. Is the voice real or a product of Tal’s addiction? Can Tal ignore his widowed mother’s attraction to Geri’s business partner?At stake: Tal’s legacy, a billion-dollar drug empire that Geri built and that his murderer is trying to steal.The only person Tal can trust is his lover Ophelia, except she harbors a secret tied to family obsession scaling three generations. Born to serve and protect Tal. Trained to kill. Sixty years connect two families from Nazi-occupied Denmark to modern Manhattan in an epic of love, deception, and sacrifice. You won't be able to put it down.Book 2 in the Shakespeare Modern Murder Mysteries.“Ophelia is a fast- paced international thriller, a winning tale from a strong new talent on the scene.”—Robert Rotenberg, international bestselling author of Downfall“A new fascinating murder mystery from an exceptionally fine author!”—Grady Harp, Amazon Top 50 reviewer“The characters are intriguing, the plot is thick and twisted, and the pages fly by in a blur.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Norman Bacal Professional Corporation
• Release date: Jul 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9781667030326

Norman Bacal

Norman Bacal is the Globe and Mail bestselling author of Breakdown, his memoir published in 2017 to great acclaim in Canada. He was one of the world's leading entertainment lawyers, having financed billions of dollars of television and film production, and working with studios such as MGM, Sony and Warner Bros. He sat on the board of directors of Lionsgate for almost ten years before retiring to begin his second career as an author.He writes both non-fiction for young professionals (including Take Charge published in 2021) and psychological thrillers, set as modernizations of William Shakespeare classics. His mysteries encompass world locations he has worked in as well as an intimate knowledge of boardroom drama.Bacal lives in Toronto, Canada