ABOUT THE BOOK

Michael Ashmore, senior partner at a top law firm, has a reputation he cherishes. In a world of liars, he's an honest man. So he shouldn't start an affair with a junior attorney at his firm. But he loves her. As a major airline's counsel, he shouldn't hide a failed drug test for his pilot brother, Charlie. But the test showed a mere trace of a prescription sleeping pill. And Charlie swears it will never happen again.

Then Charlie's plane crashes, killing everyone on board. Charlie is found, loaded with barbiturates. Now Michael, himself charged with reckless homicide, doesn't appear to have a chance of clearing his name. And that is just what someone has planned. For Michael Ashmore, soft-hearted, hard-headed trial lawyer has been chosen as the perfect patsy in a chilling conspiracy. And he has until the verdict comes in to find out who and why...

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

'An original and intriguing legal thriller that kept me turning the pages until the very end.' - Philip Margolin

'The best debut legal thriller since Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent' - Booklist

'A more accomplished and exciting thriller than Grisham's The Street Lawyer' - Detroit Free Press