Kirkus Reviews: “A satisfying blend of legal drama and psychological thriller … that meaningfully probes themes of justice, forgiveness, and revenge. Our Verdict: Get It.”
A second jury in a cold case murder trial is struggling to reach a verdict against a confirmed serial rapist despite damning evidence. Why?
Jed Bouvier, a weary idealist and recovering alcoholic, is defending Dexter Wayne Jones, who is a copycat of the infamous Golden State Killer. Jones is on trial for slaughtering a family decades earlier.
Surprisingly, the first jury couldn’t agree on a verdict.
Jed and co-counsel, Tara Singh, battled relentless prosecutor Catalina “Cat” Galvez in the high-stakes retrial, but sinister forces are moving behind the scenes. A juror from the first trial is murdered; another disappears.
The second jury becomes hopelessly deadlocked.
Will a killer walk free?
Set in fictional Murrieta County, California, what begins as a legal drama explodes in a terrifying descent into moral ambiguity—and the nightmarish truth about the price of idealism in a broken system.
