Peter Hale is a young attorney struggling to make his mark in his father's venerable law firm. When his father is taken ill in the midst of a big money case he decides to pursue it, against his father's wishes, seeing his chance to prove he's the whizz-kid lawyer he knows himself to be. In his zeal to prove himself he loses the lot - the case, his job and his father.
Unemployed and disinherited, Peter takes the only job he is offered - that of a public defender in a small Oregon town. He hope to make good there and re-instate himself in his father's good books. However, once gain his ambition gets the better of him when he takes on a death penalty case, representing amentally retarded man accused of a brutal murder. It's only when he realises that his greed and his ego may end up killing his client that he understands what it means to be a good lawyer - and to become a man
- 'Margolin is another in the list of American lawyers turned crime writers- and a good one… An exciting, well plotted mystery.' SUNDAY TIMES
- '...it takes a truly accomplished storyteller to keep ever more demanding thriller readers on the edge of their seats. But Philip Margolin will have you teetering towards the floor with this masterful crime cliffhanger' LIVERPOOL ECHO
- 'Highly recommended.' BOOKS MAGAZINE
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Published 04/12/1997
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