Doubleday
February 1993
On Sale: February 1, 1993
422 pages ISBN: 038542471X EAN: 9780385424714 Hardcover Add to Wish List
In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, twoย ย boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to theย ย curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brotherย ย were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chanceย ย encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowingย ย a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts ofย ย the most sought-after dead body in America. Now Mark is caughtย ย between a legal system gone mad and a mob killerย ย desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally isย ย a woman named Reggie Love, who has been a lawyerย ย for all of four years. Prosecutors areย ย willing to break all the rules to make Mark talk. Theย ย mob will stop at nothing to keep him quiet. Andย ย Reggie will do anything to protect her client --ย ย even take a last, desperate gamble that could winย ย Mark his freedom... or cost them both theirย ย lives.
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