Publisher's Synopsis
"Connors is a wonderful new voice." LINDA FAIRSTEIN "For fans of legal intrigue... it doesn't get any better than this." PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY Winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award 2003 When Buck Hammond's seven-year-old son is abducted and murdered by Hector Monteros, Buck takes justice into his own hands. Unfortunately, the TV cameras were rolling as he aimed his hunting rifle at Monteros's head. Attorney Marty Nickerson has a tough role acting as Buck's defence attorney. How can the jury acquit him when the shooting is on the screen for all to see? On the very eve of the trial, a battered and bleeding woman staggers into the office of Marty and her partner, Harry Madigan. The woman is in deep trouble - her attacker's body has just been found, viciously stabbed, and he's an officer of the court. Now Marty has two seemingly impossible battles to win...
