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Product Description A riveting legal thriller from Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of My Sister’s Grave.In San Francisco’s seamy Tenderloin district, a teenage street hustler has been murdered in a shelter for boys. And the dedicated priest who runs the struggling home stands accused. But despite damning evidence that he’s a killer―and worse―Father Thomas Martin stands by his innocence. And attorney Peter Donley stands with him.For three years Donley has cut his legal teeth in his uncle’s tiny, no-frills firm, where people come before profits. Just as Donley is poised to move on to a lucrative dream job, the shocking case lands in his lap, and he must put his future on hold while putting his courtroom skills to the test. But a ruthless DA seeking headlines and a brutal homicide cop bent on vengeance have their own agendas. Now, as he unearths the dirty secrets surrounding the case, Donley must risk his neck to save his client’s life…and expose the face of true evil. About the Author Robert Dugoni is the author of the bestselling Tracy Crosswhite series (My Sister’s Grave, Her Final Breath, and In the Clearing) as well as the critically acclaimed David Sloane series (The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One, and The Conviction). He’s been nominated for the Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction and the International Thriller Award, and My Sister’s Grave won the 2015 Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction. It also became a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon bestseller and was named one of the best thrillers of 2014 by Library Journal and Suspense Magazine. Dugoni’s nonfiction exposé, The Cyanide Canary, was a Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and the Providence Journal called him “the undisputed king of the legal thriller” and “heir to Grisham’s literary throne.” Visit his website at www.robertdugoni.com, e-mail him at bob@robertdugoni.com, and follow him on Twitter at @robertdugoni and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AuthorRobertDugoni.James holds a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Louisville and a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from East Tennessee State University. He has spent his years since college performing as an actor and comedian on stages all over the world. He has narrated over 100 audiobooks in a variety of genres.

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