Legal Mystery

A scar from cheek to chin is all Marc Jordan remembers of the man kneeling over his dead mother. Now, 15 years later, Marc searches his memory for clues; he hopes to be the first to find the killer. Murder, blackmail, corruption, and betrayal leave a trail from the storied vineyards of Spain to the wineries of Southern California, where no one is who or what they claim to be.

È notte. Su un'autostrada del Nord Italia industriale corre una macchina con a bordo tre funzionari di una ditta commerciale. Tornano a casa da un viaggio di lavoro, sono stanchi, nulla di strano che decidano di fermarsi in un autogrill per bere un caffè e comprare le sigarette; una breve sosta prima dell'ultimo sforzo. Ma in quella stazione di servizio, sotto gli occhi indifferenti dei camionisti assonnati e delle ragazze del bar, il destino aspetta uno di loro. Una leggerezza e una banale dimenticanza lo faranno precipitare nelle maglie di un meccanismo giudiziario impeccabile.

Siete testigos juraron decir la verdad. Todos mintieron. Una madre injustamente acusada. Un pueblo entero en su contra. ¿Hasta dónde llegarías para proteger a quienes amas? Es el primer día del juicio, y allí están todos. En Miracle Creek ha llegado la hora de saber qué fue lo que pasó ese día, hace justo un año, cuando el trágico incendio de aquella cápsula hiperbárica cambió la vida de todos para siempre. ¿Es posible que sea verdad que Elizabeth provocó el incendio en el que murió su pequeño hijo con autismo? ¿Será condenada a muerte por ello?

It is a small paper square with uneven edges, dark blue in color and bearing a smudged portrait of a long-dead king. It doesn't look like much to Brady Coyne, but the stamp known as the Dutch Blue Error is one of a kind - a philatelic freak worth at least one million dollars. It is the prize possession of Ollie Weston, a wheelchair-bound Boston banker, and it is valuable enough that for its sake, several good men will die.

An icon's life implodes - at two in the morning. World renowned, revered actor Aaron Julian is awakened at two a.m. by his agent who informs him that he has been accused of sexual harassment. Young actresses will break the story on prime-time TV that morning - with their lawyer, the attorney who led the charge in the priests' sexual abuse cases. Aaron and his celebrity pop-singer wife, Veda, vehemently deny the charges, and hire powerful defense lawyer Raquel Rematti.

Hollis Morgan married young to flee an unloving family and ended up in prison, paying the price for her charming husband’s embezzlement. After finally obtaining a California judicial pardon, Hollis has climbed the ladder from paralegal to probate attorney at a respected law firm in the Bay Area.