The Third Victim: A Novel (Robin Lockwood, 1)

ISBN: 125011750X

Author: Margolin, Phillip

Condition: New

"Margolin continues his return to the exceptional form of his early novels with this gripping, tightly plotted, and smoothly written legal thriller... A winner from a veteran genre author." -BooklistThe master of heart-pounding suspense returns with a brand new series and a USA Today bestseller The Third Victim is New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin at his very best.A woman stumbles onto a dark road in rural Oregon-tortured, battered, and bound. She tells a horrific story about being kidnapped, then tortured, until she finally managed to escape. She was the lucky one-two other women, with similar burns and bruises, were found dead.The surviving victim identifies the house where she was held captive and the owner, Alex Mason-a prominent local attorney-is arrested. Although he loudly insists upon his innocence, his wifes statements about his sexual sadism and the physical evidence found at the scene, his summer home, is damning.Regina Barrister is a legendary criminal defense attorney, known as The Sorceress for her courtroom victories. But shes got a secret, one that threatens her skill, her reputation, and, most of all, her clients. And shes agreed to take on the seemingly impossible task of defending Alex Mason.Robin Lockwood, a young lawyer and former MMA fighter, has just left a clerkship at the Oregon Supreme Court to work for Regina Barrister. The Alex Mason trial is her first big one, a likely death penalty case, and shes second chair to Regina. Increasingly, shes worried her bosss behavior and the details in the case against their client dont quite add up.