"The author's new tactics are what makes this book a success. Mr. Connelly hurtles into the realm of the legal thriller with excitingly renewed energy and a full bag of tricks. Entertaining as it is during the investigation phase, this book goes up a notch -when the courtroom conniving takes over."

        ---New York Times

"Cormelly has stepped up to the plate in the over-flowing ballpark of legal thrillers and blasted a grand slam his first time at bat."

        --- Chicago Tribune

For defense attorney Mickey Hailer, the clock is always run-ning. With two ex-wives, four Lincoln Town Cars that he uses as offices, and dozens of guilty clients, he can't afford to miss a trick. When he gets picked by a Beverly Hills rich boy arrested for assault, Mickey sees a franchise case: a nice, long, expen-sive trial with maximum billable hours--until it hurtles him into the last place he wants to be. Suddenly hustling, cynical Mickey Hailer is confronted with pure evil and someone who may be truly innocent. Now, for a lawyer who has always gone for the easy score, getting justice means taking the deadliest risk of all.