Description: A classic legal thriller by a #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author is now available in a tall Premium Edition. When attorney Tony Lord returns to his hometown to defend a friend who's been accused of murder, Tony is plunged into the unfinished business of his past.
Brief description: Richard North Patterson is the author of In The Name Of Honor, Eclipse, The Spire, Exile, The Race, Degree Of Guilt, Eyes Of A Child, Silent Witness, and many other bestselling and critically acclaimed novels. Formerly a trial lawyer, he was the SEC liaison to the Watergate special prosecutor, the assistant attorney general for the state of Ohio, and has served on the boards of several Washington advocacy groups. In 1993, he retired from his law practice to devote himself to writing. His first novel, The Lasko Tangent, was the winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel in 1980. He is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and is a recipient of their President's Award for Distinguished Alumni. He lives in Martha's Vineyard, San Francisco, and Cabo San Lucas with his wife, Dr. Nancy Clair. "Richard North Patterson is a terrific novelist."-The Washington Post
Review Quotes:
"Intense courtroom drama...As startling as the bang of a gavel." --People
"This generation's best writer of legal thrillers...his strongest fiction to date." --Entertainment Weekly "Patterson hits the first line at a dead run....He never slows down....Everything is marvelously plotted." --Philadelphia Inquirer "Enthralling...the denouement is powerful." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "Chilling." --The Washington Post Book World "Hypnotic...[Patterson] is at his finest when he gives the emotions of [his] characters, who are connected by a lifetime of love and resentment, full reign in the courtroom. These are the scenes that his fans will anticipate most eagerly, and they are as explosive and revealing as anyone could wish." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "An absorbing read." --New York Daily News