This is a book in a series featuring defense attorney Ben Kincaid and his partner, Christina McCall. Ben tends to take cases that are vastly unpopular in terms of public opinion. It's not like he takes them for the money either; most of his clients are poor. His belief is that everyone is entitled to a good defense. He's very dedicated and doesn't come across as a sleaze.
In this book, his client is a 19-year-old stripper named Keri Dalcanton. Keri has been accused of murdering a police detective and then chaining his nude body to a public fountain in downtown Tulsa, OK and scrawling the word "faithless" across his chest in blood. Police, media, and the general public have all convicted her in their minds and are out for blood.
The case doesn't look good for Keri. She was involved in a kinky affair with the married police detective. The prosection has a powerful circumstantial case against Keri, and conviction is all but guaranteed until Ben uncovers a major procedural violation on the part of the police. The case is overturned and Keri is set free, but things don't end there.
The police are furious about this turn of events and put the "Blue Squeeze" on Ben. A bloodstained knife that Ben has never seen is found in his office. It is a part of a blatant attempt to get to Keri by discrediting her lawyer. Ben is charged with conspiracy and murder and a new trial for Keri is launched as well.
This book was hard to put down. It is full of twists and turns that will keep the reader guessing until the last second. I am looking forward to reading more in this series.
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Sorry for not dropping by lately - been struggling with book stuff myself. I am not technical at all, but I have had to try to learn how to make an Adobe PDF document, to be able to publish a book, and it is giving me an enormous headache!
Hope things are going well for you!
Thanks for dropping by! Hope you have your book difficulties resolved!
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