Released 2023.09.18 | Finished 2024.05.02| Borrowed from local library
Defense attorney Jane Smith has a client that she cannot control, and she does not believe. He is a rich, privileged, spoiled, married man who is on trial for the murder a young woman and her parents. The more information her partner-investigator, Jimmy Cunniff, discovers, the more guilty the client, Rob Jacobson, looks. The client’s behavior is very indicative of a person who thinks he can do anything he wants, say anything he wants, and be immune to the people who will judge him in the press and in the courtroom. Perhaps, the only situation that keeps out of more trouble is that he is locked up from arrest until trial.
Jane is running a defense after she learns from her best woman friend and doctor that she has cancer in her neck and head. Jane wants to finish the trial before she starts treatment thinking that the case may be her last. Up until the time of this trial, she has won all her court cases, but so has the district attorney, and they are both good at what they do.
Many twists and turns.
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. His name appears as an author on 388 books. (List has previously been given)
Mike Lupica was born on May 11, 1952, in Oneida, New York. He graduated from Boston College. He is considered the most prominent sportswriter in the US, he has appeared in Esquire Magazine, Travel + Leisure Golf, Golf Digest, Parade, ESPN The Magazine, and Men’s Journal. He is the author of young adult novels as well as writing with or for Robert Parker and James Patteson. His name appears as an author on seventy-five books which includes:
| title | with/for | release date |
| The House of Wolves | James Patterson | 2024.08.20 |
| Hard to Kill | James Patterson | 2024.07.29 |
| Broken Trust | Robert B. Parker | 2023.11.28 |
| 12 Months to Live | James Patterson | 2023.09.25 |
| Fallout | Robert B. Parker | 2022.09.06 |
| Untitled Jesse Stone | Robert B. Parker | 2022.09.06 |
| Revenge Tour | Robert B. Parker | 2022.05.03 |
| The Horsewoman | James Patterson | 2022.01.10 |
| Stone’s Throw | Robert B. Parker | 2021.09.07 |
| Defending Champ | 2021.09.07 | |
| Payback | Robert B. Parker | 2021.05.04 |
| Grudge Match | Robert B. Parker | 2021.03.30 |
| Fool’s Paradise | Robert B. Parker | 2020.09.08 |
| Triple Threat | 2020.08.25 | |
| The Turnover | 2020.05.12 | |
| The Zach & Zoe Mysteries: The Hall of Fame Heist | 2020.01.28 | |
| Wild Pitch | 2020.01.01 | |
| The Zach & Zoe Mysteries: The Lacrosse Mix-Up | 2019.11.05 | |
| Strike Zone | 2019.09.10 | |
| The Zach & Zoe Mysteries All Star Collection | 2019.09.10 | |
| No Slam Dunk | 2019.08.20 | |
| Batting Order | 2019.05.28 | |
| The Hockey Rink Hunt | 2019.05.21 | |
| The Home Team Paperback | 2019.04.02 | |
| The Zach & Zoe Mysteries: The Soccer Secret | 2019.01.29 | |
| Blood Feud | Robert B. Parker | 2018.11.27 |
| The Zach & Zoe Mysteries: The Football Fiasco | 2018.08.21 | |
| The Zach & Zoe Mysteries: The Missing Baseball | 2018.05.01 | |
| The Half-Court Hero | 2018.05.01 | |
| The Zack & Zoe Mysteries Books 1-2 | 2018.05.01 | |
| Point Guard | 2018.04.03 | |
| Team Players | 2018.04.03 | |
| Lone Stars | 2017.09.12 | |
| Last Man Out | 2016.09.13 | |
| Fast Break | 2016.08.23 | |
| The Extra Yard (Home Team) | 2016.01.12 | |
| The Only Game | 2015.02.17 | |
| Fantasy League | 2014.09.16 | |
| Heavy Hitters | 2014.02.25 | |
| QB 1 | 2013.09.17 | |
| Play Makers | 2013.02.05 | |
| Game Changers | 2012.05.01 | |
| True Legend | 2012.01.01 | |
| The Underdogs | 2011.09.06 | |
| Travel Team & the Big Field | 2011.05.12 | |
| Hero | 2010.10.25 | |
| Shoot-Out: A Comeback Kids | 2010.01.01 | |
| The Batboy | 2009.11.09 | |
| Million Dollar Throw | 2009.11.03 | |
| Fathers & Sons & Sports: Great Writing | 2009.05.26 | |
| Two-Minute Drill | 2009.05.14 | |
| Comeback Kids: Hot Hand | 2009.05.14 | |
| Comeback Kids: Long Shot | 2008.10.02 | |
| The Mike Lupica Collection | 2008.09.11 | |
| Safe At Home: Comeback Kids | 2008.08.14 | |
| Summer Ball | 2008.05.15 | |
| The Big Field | 2008.03.04 | |
| Heat | 2006.04.01 | |
| Miracle on 49th Street | 2006.01.01 | |
| Travel Team | 2004.12.26 | |
| Too Far | 2004.01.01 | |
| Red Zone | 2003.01.01 | |
| Full Court Press | 2001.01.01 | |
| Bump and Run | 2000.10.23 | |
| Summer of ’98 | 1999.01.01 | |
| Yankees ’98 Best Ever | 1999.01.01 | |
| The Fred Book: Discourses of ’57 | 1998.06.01 | |
| Mad As Hell: How Sports Got Away | 1996.01.01 | |
| Jump | 1995.01.01 | |
| Limited Partner | 1990.01.01 | |
| Shooting from the Lip: Essays | 1988.04.01 | |
| Extra Credits | 1988.01.01 | |
| Parcells: Autobiography | 1987.01.01 | |
| Dead Air | 1986.01.01 | |
| Reggie: The Autobiography | 1984.06.01 |
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