Released 2024.03.18 | Finished 2024.04.26 | Borrowed from local library
Another mystery that is so hard to put down!
Stafford Lee Penny is a second generation lawyer in Biloxi. He has never lost a case and he is up against a district attorney who has never lost a case. The accused is the son of a Dixie Mafia boss who is/was a client of Penny Sr. Stafford Lee’s client, Daniel Caro, tis accused of murdering Aurora Gates, the niece of DA Henry Gordon-James. The winner either increases his legend or will be gunning for the other man in court.
When Penny’s wife, her lover, and the father of Aurora Gates’s bodies are found shot dead in Penny’s bedroom, his world falls out from underneath him. When he is accused of the murders, it is up to him to solve them to free himself, if that is possible. His conduct inside and outside of the courtroom has convinced everyone that he committed the crime and a couple of others that are still cold cases. Those that include loyal are his best friend, Mason Burnett, a fellow lawyer, and his investigator, Jenny.
About the Authors
James Patterson (James Brendan Patterson) was born on March 22, 1947, in Newburgh, New York. His parents were middle class with his mother listed as a homemaker and teacher and his father an insurance broker. Patterson graduated with a BA in English from Manhattan College and MA from Vanderbilt University (where he was in the PhD program before taking an advertising executive position). He became a full-time writer in 1996. He married in 1997 and they have a child. The family lives in Lake Worth Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
A very popular author, according to the article on Wikipedia, his annual income has been up to $95M with his income for the last decade has been estimated at $700M. He has sold more than 425M copies of his books.
Patterson’s 2024 released and to be released books are:
F/NF/Bio | Title of Patterson book | co-author | series/standalone | published |
FIC | The House of Cross | Alex Cross series #33 | 2024.11.25 | |
FIC | Raised by Wolves | Emily Raymond | standalone | 2024.11.19 |
nonf | Medal of Honor | Matt Eversmann | standalone | 2024.10.21 |
FIC | Murder Island | Brian Sitts | Doc Savage series | 2024.10.08 |
FIC | Lies He Told Me | David Ellis | standalone | 2024.09.30 |
FIC | Hard to Kill | Mike Lupica | Jane Smith series #2 | 2024.07.29 |
nonf | Tiger, Tiger | Peter de Jonge | standalone | 2024.07.15 |
FIC | Confessions of the Dead | J. D. Barker | standalone | 2024.07.09 |
FIC | Cemetery Lake | J. D. Barker | standalone | 2024.07.09 |
FIC | Eruption | Michael Crichton | standalone | 2024.06.23 |
FIC | The 24th Hour | Maxine Paetro | Women’s Murder Club series #24 | 2024.05.06 |
FIC | The Murder Inn | Candice Fox | standalone | 2024.04.16 |
nonf | The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians | Matt Eversman | standalone | 2024.04.08 |
FIC | The #1 Lawyer | Nancy Allen | standalone | 2024.03.18 |
VIC | Crosshairs | James O. Born | Michael Bennett series #16 | 2024.02.12 |
FIC | Missing Persons | Adam Hamby | Private series #16 | 2024.01.30 |
FIC | Holmes, Miss Marple & Poe Investigations | Brian Sitts | Holmes, Marple & Poe series #1 | 2024.01.08 |
FIC | Million Dollar Mess | Martin Chatterton | Middle School series #16 | 2024.01.08 |
Nancy Allen
According to her website, Nancy Allen practiced law for fifteen years. She was Assistant Missouri Attorney General for fifteen years. She also worked as an Assistant Prosecutor where she tried over thirty cases before juries. She taught law for fifteen years at Missouri State University.
title | series | release date |
The Code of the Hills | Ozarks Mystery series | 2014.05.20 |
A Killing at the Creek | Ozarks Mystery series | 2015.02.17 |
The Wages of Sin | Ozarks Mystery series | 2016.04.26 |
A Wolf in the Woods | Ozarks Mystery series | 2018.02.20 |
Juror #3 | w/James Patterson | 2018.09.10 |
The Jailhouse Lawyer | w/James Patterson | 2021.09.20 |
Renegade | Anonymous Justice series | 2022.03.22 |
Payback | Anonymous Justice series | 2023.05.16 |
The #1 Lawyer | w/James Patterson | 2024.03.18 |