Former law professor Tom McMurtrie has brought killers to justice, and taken on some of the most infamous cases in Alabamaβs history. Now heβs tackling his greatest challenge.
McMurtrieβs old nemesis, Jack Willistone, is found dead on the banks of the Black Warrior River. Willistone had his share of enemies, but all evidence points to a forgotten, broken woman as the killer. At the urging of the suspectβs desperate fourteen-year-old daughter, McMurtrie agrees to take the case.
But as seasoned as McMurtrie is, even he isnβt prepared for how personal and dangerous this case is going to get. With the trial drawing near and his sharp young partner, Rick Drake, dealing with a family tragedy, he recruits his best friend, Bocephus Haynes, to help investigate.
As key witnesses disappear and old demons return, time becomes McMurtrieβs most fearsome opponent. Soon loyalties will be tested and the boundaries of law will be broken as McMurtrie fights to save his legacyβand his clientβs lifeβbefore the truth is buried forever in the muddy waters of the Black Warrior.
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