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Mark Dooher, a successful attorney and prominent Catholic, becomes the target of San Francisco detective Abe Glitsky after a rash of hate‑filled crimes. As Dooher faces indictment, the trial pulls a wide net of witnesses—from friends and family to attorneys like Wes Farrell, whose own doubts drive him to defend Dooher, and aspiring lawyer Christina Carrera, who finds herself drawn into a dangerous liaison. Amid DNA evidence, questionable witnesses, and the Catholic Church’s influence, a woman from Dooher’s past emerges, shifting the course of the trial and igniting a chain of revelations that threaten to alter all involved lives.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Thriller/Legal Thriller
Authors: John T. Lescroart
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