Harper
March 2014
On Sale: February 21, 2014
Featuring: Worthy Brown; Matthew Penny; Jed Tyler
384 pages ISBN: 0062195344 EAN: 9780062195340 Kindle: B00DB32QG4 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Known for his critically acclaimed contemporary thrillers,
New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin explores
intriguing new territory in Worthy Brown's Daughter, a
compelling historical drama, set in nineteenth-century
Oregon, that combines a heartbreaking story of slavery and
murder with classic Margolin plot twists.
One of a handful of lawyers in the new state of Oregon,
recently widowed Matthew Penny agrees to help Worthy Brown,
a newly freed slave, rescue his fifteen year old daughter,
Roxanne, from their former master, a powerful Portland
lawyer. Worthy's lawsuit sets in motion events that lead to
Worthy's arrest for murder and create an agonizing moral
dilemma that could send either Worthy or Matthew to the hangman.
At the same time, hanging judge Jed Tyler, a powerful
politician with a barren personal life, becomes infatuated
with a beautiful gold-digger who is scheming to murder
Benjamin Gillette, Oregon's wealthiest businessman. When
Gillette appears to die from natural causes, Sharon Hill
produces a forged contract of marriage and Tyler must decide
if he will sacrifice his reputation to defend that of the
woman who inspired his irrational obsession.
At Worthy's trial, Matthew saves Worthy by producing a
stunning courtroom surprise and his attempt to stop the
deadly fortune hunter ends in a violent climax.