ISBN |
9781780895307 (paperback) |
Name |
Patterson, James, 1947- author. |
Title |
Juror no. 3 / James Patterson & Nancy Allen. |
Published |
London : Century, 2018. |
©2018 |
Description |
331, 22 pages ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
"In a town divided by hate, who can you trust?" --Cover. |
Includes an excerpt from The 17th Suspect, the next instalment in The Women's Murder Club. |
Summary |
Ruby Bozarth, a newcomer to Rosedale, Mississippi, is also fresh to the Mississippi Bar--and to the docket of Circuit Judge Baylor, who taps Ruby as defence counsel in a racially charged felony. The murder of a woman from one of the town's oldest families has Rosedale's upper crust howling for blood, and the prosecutor is counting on Ruby's inexperience to help him deliver a swift conviction. Ruby's client is a college football star who has returned home after a career-ending injury, and she is determined to build a defence that will stick. She finds help in unexpected quarters from Suzanne, a hard-charging attorney armed to the teeth, and Shorty, a diner cook who knows more than he lets on. Ruby never belonged to the country-club set, but once she nearly married into it. As news breaks of a second murder, Ruby's ex-fiancé, Lee Greene, shows up on her doorstep--a Southern gentleman in need of a saviour. As lurid, intertwining investigations unfold, no one in Rosedale can be trusted, especially the twelve men and women impanelled on the jury. They may be hiding the most incendiary secret of all. |
Subjects |
Women lawyers -- Fiction |
Trials (Murder) -- Fiction |
Rosedale (Miss.) -- Fiction |
Genre |
Detective and mystery fiction |
Legal fiction (Literature) |
Other Names |
Allen, Nancy (Lawyer) author. |
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