'This is David Baldacci at his best' - Michael Connelly 'I couldn't stop turning the pages
fascinated moved horrified' - Alex Michaelides 'A tour de force' - S.A. Cosby 'May be the
best novel David Baldacci has ever written' - Scott Turow 'A tale of high tension false
assumptions and stubborn humanity' - Stacey Abrams Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in
southern Virginia a murder case sets a duo of Black and white lawyers against a deeply unfair
system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama
from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci. Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman
County Virginia who has never done anything to push back against racism until he decides to
represent Jerome Washington a Black man charged with killing an elderly and wealthy white
couple. Doubting his decision Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in
a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. And he quickly finds
himself out of his depth when he realizes that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome
of a murder trial. Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to
furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to Freeman County and
enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against the best
prosecutor in town. Yet DuBose is also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt
the victories achieved by the Civil Rights era. Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar.
On their own neither one can stop the prosecution's deliberate march towards a guilty verdict
and the electric chair. But together the pair fight for what once seemed impossible: a chance
for a fair trial and true justice. KILLER TWISTS. HEROES TO BELIEVE IN. TRUST BALDACCI.
