{"product_id":"false-testimony-a-crime-novel-paperback","title":"False Testimony: A Crime Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRose Connors\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDefense lawyer Marty Nickerson struggles with her ethics throughout two cases, one involving a US senator suspected in the disappearance of a female staffer and a second client who is on trial for the murder of a priest in this courtroom thriller by the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMaximum Security. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does a lawyer do when she discovers her client may be a liar, or worse? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles Kendrick, the senior United States senator from Massachusetts, has been named a person of interest in connection with the disappearance of his twenty-five-year-old spokesperson, Michelle Forrester. Represented by Attorney Marty Nickerson, Kendrick incriminates himself as Nickerson soon finds that parts of his story don't check out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, Marty and her law partner-turned-lover, Harry Madigan, work together to Derrick Holliston, an ex-con accused of murdering a local priest on Christmas Eve. Derrick admits to the killing, but claims it was done in self-defense...​ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne the day Derrick's trial begins, Michelle Forrester's body is found, leaving Marty and Harry with two mounting legal battles and two clients whose stories don't make sense. Together they must confront the law in all its maddening complexity, battling for--or maybe against--their own cagey clients in order to see that justice is undoubtedly served. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Excellent, fast-moving courtroom drama headed by a plucky, energetic heroine.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRose Connors, \u003c\/b\u003e whose debut novel, \u003ci\u003eAbsolute Certainty, \u003c\/i\u003e won the Mary Higgins Clark Award, grew up in Philadelphia and received her law degree from Duke in 1984. A trial attorney for eighteen years, she's had experience from the prosecutorial and defense sides of the courtroom, and has exasperated any number of judges in both capacities. She is admitted to practice in both Washington State and Massachusetts and lives with her family on Cape Cod, where she is at work on the next Marty Nickerson nove\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47245206225145,"sku":"9781451613148","price":25.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/V2YvUVV2K3hzKzg4QldocjlMelhjZz09.webp?v=1768601518","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/false-testimony-a-crime-novel-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}