Lethal Objection From the best-selling author of Lethal Ambition MICHAEL SWIGER Comes Book Two in the Edward Mead Legal Thriller series: Lethal Objection A sensational case. Dark motives. Deadly secrets. And it all adds up to murder. Everyone hates and fears the arrogant and verbally abusive Judge Samuel Chesterfield. But who hates him enough to murder him in his own chambers? Only the four trial lawyers had access and motive.And what-if anything-does the murder have to do with the sensational wrongful-death suit brought against a prominent abortionist? Edward Mead, a distinguished law professor, acts as special prosecutor. No one knows the secret pain he hides, because he masks his inner turmoil behind a razor-sharp wit. But sometimes even he wonders: Do I, at seventy-six years old, still have what it takes to solve the case? Special Agent Sarah Riehl sees the case as her one chance to shatter the suffocating glass ceiling that has defined her ten-year career at the FBI. And she's not about to let an old man's weaknesses ruin her chances. But her impetuous drive to success will propel her on a deadly collision course with the prime suspect.. Cutting-edge. Quirky. Suspenseful. Gutsy. This legal thriller could be ripped from today's headlines. Look for Lethal Obsession, Book Three, soon.
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Lethal Ambition Politics. Power. Murder. If you want something bad enough, would you kill for it? Marcus Blanchard has worked for years to get to this night-to the eve of the Eleventh District Congressional race in Cleveland. He's determined to oust long-reigning, crooked politicians Julius McGee and William McLaughlin, and has asked his favorite law-school professor, Edward Mead, to witness the victory. But just as the results are about to be announced, Marcus disappears.and a woman is murdered. Worse, Alontay Johnson is his old girlfriend, and he's caught crouching over her body. Did he strangle her, or was he framed? And who will believe him? It's up to the quirky, arthritic Ed Mead, who hasn't been in a courtroom in years, to defend his friend and client.while the State of Ohio seeks the death penalty.
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A Murder of Innocents A terrorist explosion rocks a peaceful Ohio community and triggers a nationwide manhunt. A teenage girl is accused of concealing her pregnancy then killing her newborn baby. A Machiavellian political operative will stop at nothing in his quest to re-elect his ailing client and so advance his own career. What do these divergent strands snatched from today?s headlines have in common? With one client dead and another?s life hanging in the balance, defense attorney Danial Solomon must unravel this Gordian knot before? In this masterful sequel to the 2001 Pulitzer Prize nominate book, A Trial of Innocents, Michael Andrew combines a tense, twisty thriller with a penetrating commentary on political corruption and the ambiguities of the American justice system. Andrew lays bare the ambitions and fears of healers, killers, and betrayers. He proves once again that no reader can outguess a master storyteller. |
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A Trial of Innocents A brutal crime leaves one woman clinging to life, her unborn child dead, and a peaceful Ohio Valley community crying for vengeance. Lori Franks, beautiful and ruthless, will stop at nothing in her relentless pursuit of a conviction. While seeking to execute a handicapped man accused of killing an unborn baby, her own dark past rages back to haunt her again. Defense attorney Danial Solomon locks horns with Franks in two cases. His crusade for the truth leads him on a collision course with the abortion laws of the state while driving him ever deeper into a labyrinth of conspiracy and corruption. The book races from the life-and-death decisions of the operating room to the tension-packed fireworks of a murder trial - a unique mix of legal intrigue and page-turning suspense that catapulted John Grisham to the Bestseller list. This story will leave you exhilarated and shaken, but above all, it will make you think.
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