The Final Judgment by Richard North Patterson
Dazzling.the pages almost seem to turn themselves. --San Francisco Chronicle
A young man has been murdered. His girlfriend, twenty-two-year-old Brett Allen, is found at the scene of the crime. She claims she is innocent--even though she's dripping in blood, the murder weapon covered with her fingerprints. Enter attorney Caroline Masters, Brett's estranged aunt. She's been summoned back to her affluent New England hometown to help Brett out of this mess.and revisit the troubled family she left behind. Breathtaking. --People Caroline learned a long time ago that the ties that bind can also be broken. Now that she's back home, she can't help but doubt her family's motives--and Brett's innocence. As the trial heats up, Caroline finds herself up against those who would kill to keep dark secrets hidden.and the state prosecutor, who happens to be her former lover and will do anything to expose the truth. Now, with her family's fate--and her own reputation--hanging in the balance, Caroline must assume the role of a lifetime as she fights to save her niece. Or destroy them both.Absorbing.one of those books you race to finish even though you don't want it to end. --New York Daily News
Richard North Patterson is the author of Exile, Degree of Guilt, Silent Witness, The Spire, Eclipse, Eyes Of A Child, Conviction, and many other bestselling and critically acclaimed thrillers. Formerly a trial lawyer, he was the SEC liaison to the Watergate special prosecutor, the assistant attorney general for the state of Ohio, and has served on the boards of several Washington advocacy groups. In 1993, he retired from his law practice to devote himself to writing. His first novel, The Lasko Tangent, was the winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best First Novel in 1980. He is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and is a recipient of their President's Award for Distinguished Alumni. He lives in Martha's Vineyard, San Francisco, and Cabo San Lucas with his wife, Dr. Nancy Clair. John Bedford Lloyd, a graduate of Yale's School of Drama, has appeared in a host of major motion pictures, including The Bourne Supremacy, Crossing Delancey, The Abyss, The Manchurian Candidate, and Philadelphia. His television credits include Suits, Pan Am, Law & Order, Spin City, and The West Wing. His critically-acclaimed audiobook narration includes reading for authors such as Michael Crichton, Nicholas Sparks, Paul Doiron, and Atul Gawande, among others. In reviewing Lloyd's performance in Better by Atul Gawande, AudioFile magazine declared, John Bedford Lloyd's deep, rich voice delivers just the mix we look for in doctors--knowledgeable, authoritarian tones mixed with the warm, comforting style that characterizes a great bedside manner.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312381639 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312381638 |
| Title | The Final Judgment |
| Author | Richard North Patterson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2011-11-29 |
| Number of pages | 640 |
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