A cold-blooded murder.
And unless he breaks the rules, justice will not only be blind, it will be the final victim..
What secrets did the man who started his fortune running mortuaries keep that might have cost him his life? What about the son frozen out of his will? Or his wife\'s political enemies? And what about Ellen Crease herself? Soon it becomes clear that a deadly plot of murder, blackmail, passion, and double cross is unfolding around Judge Richard Quinn.
Yet disturbing questions remain.
In a single, brutal instant she became a widow, a victim, and a hero.
Senate, Ellen Crease gunned down the intruder who murdered her wealthy husband.
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Locked in a race for the U.
That\'s why he\'s handed the most sensational homicide case in Oregon history.
Judge Richard Quinn is young, idealistic, and honest to a fault.
In this explosive novel, a simple case of self-defense becomes a nightmare in which justice itself is held hostage.
New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin is a master of legal suspense.
An honest judge forced to do the unthinkable.
A beautiful suspect.
A cold-blooded murder
