Rating: ****
Tags: Mystery, Thriller, Lang:en
Summary
Instant #1
New York Times bestseller!
A young attorney tries her first case . . . and
it's Murder One in a legal thriller from the world's #1
bestselling writer.
Ruby Bozarth, a newcomer to Rosedale, Mississippi, is also
fresh to the Mississippi Bar--and to the docket of Circuit
Judge Baylor, who taps Ruby as defense counsel in a racially
charged felony. The murder of a woman from one of the town's oldest
families has Rosedale's upper crust howling for blood, and
the prosecutor is counting on Ruby's inexperience to help him
deliver a swift conviction. Ruby's client is a college
football star who has returned home after a career-ending
injury, and she is determined to build a defense that will
stick. She finds help in unexpected quarters from Suzanne, a
hard-charging attorney armed to the teeth, and Shorty, a
diner cook who knows more than he lets on. Ruby never belonged to the country-club set, but once she
nearly married into it. As news breaks of a second murder,
Ruby's ex-fiancé, Lee Greene, shows up on her
doorstep--a Southern gentleman in need of a savior. As lurid,
intertwining investigations unfold, no one in Rosedale can be
trusted, especially the twelve men and women impaneled on the
jury. They may be hiding the most incendiary secret of
all. ** "I can't believe how good Patterson is . . . He's always
on the mark."
"Patterson's books might as well come with movie tickets
as a bonus feature."
James Patterson has had more
New York Times bestsellers than any other writer,
ever, according to
Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won
the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold
more than 375 million copies. He is the author of the Alex
Cross novels
, the most popular detective series of the
past twenty-five years, including
Kiss the Girls and
Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives
in Florida with his family.
Review
―
Larry King, USA Today**
―****New York Times
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