Harper
April 2015
On Sale: March 24, 2015
Featuring: Matthew Penny
368 pages ISBN: 0062369407 EAN: 9780062369406 Kindle: B00DB32QG4 Paperback / e-Book (reprint) 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.