Indefensible: A Novel

ISBN: 1476728011

Author: Goodman, Lee

Condition: New

Complex and intelligent, fantastically well-plotted (New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart), this taut legal thriller follows the trail of a man determined to protect his community-and his family-at any cost.Sometimes a simple walk in the woods can lead you down the deadliest of trailsWhen birdwatcher Cassandra Randall stumbles upon two men digging what appears to be a grave in a state park, she immediately reports it to the authorities. Federal prosecutor Nick Davis is initially incredulous about her claims, but he agrees to investigate. To his surprise, the far-fetched account turns up a body, and Nick is drawn into a case that will shake both his morals and his personal life to their very core.One body quickly leads to another. The danger Cassandra has uncovered is just the beginning of a game of deadly stakes that implicates small-time drug dealers, petty thieves turned murderers, domestic abuse perpetrators, child pornographers, the highest offices of the legal systemand a criminal who is closer to Davis than he can even imagine.