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Jay Brandon, whose writing has been called "as vividly real as Scott Turow at his best" (David Delman, Philadelphia Inquirer), brings us a thriller with all the "deep emotions and intense compassion" (Laurie Trimble, Dallas Morning News) of his acclaimed Loose Among the Lambs, Now, in LOCAL RULES, Brandon's penetrating characterizations and legal savvy are bound up in a sizzling love story at the heart of a small-town scandal rife with treacherous secrets.
The old brick county courthouse casts the longest shadow in Green Hills, Texas, and when Jordan Marshall is ticketed for speeding, he's hauled before the bench of Judge Richard Waverly. The judge's interest quickens when he discovers that Jordan is a former assistant district attorney, and a practicing lawyer in San Antonio. His Honor has a job for a city boy like him: serve as court-appointed defender for Wayne Orkney, a local boy charged with the attempted murder of his own best buddy. When an outrageous bail is set, Jordan knows his sullen client is being railroaded. The defendant stands speechless before the court, the whole town arrayed against him and it's up to Jordan to find out why.
ISBN:9780671884086
