Genre: Legal Thriller

Defending Innocence by Peter Kirkland

Defending Innocence by Peter Kirkland

Defending Innocence by Peter Kirkland Series: Small Town Lawyer #1 on May 26th 2021 Genres: Legal Thriller Pages: 265 Format: ARC Source: AXP Books Buy on Amazon Goodreads An innocent client harbors dark secrets… Defense attorney Leland Monroe lost it all: his big-city job, his reputation and, worst of all, his loving wife. Now he’s back in his hometown to hit restart and repair the relationship with his troubled son. But the past is always present in a small town. Leland returns to find his high school sweetheart hasn’t had the easiest of lives—especially now that her son faces a death sentence for murdering his father. Yet what appears to be an open and shut case is anything but. As Leland digs deeper to uncover a truth even his client is determined to keep buried, a tangled web of corruption weaves its way throughout his once tranquil hometown. Leland soon realizes it’s not just his innocent young client’s life that’s at stake—powerful forces surface to threaten the precious few loved ones he has left. I haven’t read a good legal thriller in ages and Peter Kirkland’s debut novel, Defending Innocence, did not disappoint. Welcome to the not-so-black-and-white-world of the legal thriller, Peter! […]

Posted October 14, 2021
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