Missing Witness: A Novel - Softcover

Campbell, Gordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061646636 ISBN 13: 9780061646638

Publisher: William Morrow, 2009

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: December 2008 Pages: 448 in Publisher: Harper Collins 1973 Phoenix. Arizona A beautiful woman with a gun FARIAS a house with her twelve-year-old daughter when they leave the man inside is dead. Though the only witness to the fatal shooting is in a catatonic state and unable to testify. the police. the attorney general's office. and the media have already declared the woman guilty. But the best trial lawyer in Phoenix. Dan Morgan. has been hired to prove her innocent. For Morgan and his idealistic young protege. Doug McKenzie. the goal is to win at any cost. But there are no easy answers. only shocks and mysteries. as the question of guilt versus innocence takes on a profound and disturbing new meaning.

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Synopsis:

The case is seemingly a slam dunk. A beautiful woman, with a gun in her purse and accompanied by her teen aged daughter, walks into a house. Shots are fired, and the woman's husband lies dead on the floor. She did it, right? But her wealthy father-in-law - the murdered man's father-seems not to think so. Right away he hires the best lawyer in Phoenix to defend her. That lawyer is Dan Morgan, a legendary criminal attorney who rarely loses a case. Morgan and his green young assistant, Doug, go to trial. And they pull off a miracle. But wait, that is just the beginning. This is a big, full-bodied, riveting, beautifully written novel, with a plot that hangs together brilliantly, and with characters that fascinate.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061646636
• ISBN 13: 9780061646638
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 384