He was trained to uphold the law. Then he broke it.
In 1987, rookie FBI agent Mark Putnam arrived in Pikeville, Kentucky, eager to prove himself in the heart of Appalachian coal country. It was a hard post full of drug runners, bank robbers, and old feuds, but his ambition soon made him a rising star. Until he met Susan Smith.
A young mother and small-time informant, Susan was as troubled as she was determined. Their affair began as manipulation and ended in murder. When Putnam strangled her in a moment of rage, he became the first FBI agent ever to confess to killing.
Joe Sharkey’s Above Suspicion is a chilling true story of passion, power, and the thin line between justice and corruption.
