With his terrific first novel Special Circumstances Sheldon Siegel deliveredlegal fiction so exciting it drew comparisons with the very top tier ofcourtroom thr... » 

With his terrific first novel Special Circumstances Sheldon Siegel deliveredlegal fiction so exciting it drew comparisons with the very top tier ofcourtroom thrillers. Now he has a new challenge for defense attorney MikeDaleyexpriest exhusband expublic defenderand its a highprofilezinger a case he doesnt think he can win for a client he cant stand. Itstarts with a phone call Mike Daley never expected to get from DistrictAttorney Prentice Marshall Gates III San Franciscos chief law enforcementofficer and frontrunner candidate for California attorney general. Friendstheyre not but Gates needs Daley nowbadly. Hes just been arrested. Acouple of hours earlier he woke up in his hotel room and found the dead body ofa young male prostitute in the bed. Prosecutors are already talking the deathpenalty and theres nothing in the mounting evidence to convince Daley and hispartnerand exwifeRosie of Gatess innocence. But even if hes lying itstheir job to defend him. Sure enough the deeper Mike and Rosie dig theseamier their findings. From a shady Internet entrepreneur who trades flesh forcash to a prominent businessman who uses muscle to keep his enterpriseprospering Mike and Rosie chase down leads that take them from the depths ofthe Mission District where drugs and bodies are always for sale to the gatedmansions of Pacific Heights frantically trying to piece together the shockingtruth of what actually happened even as the trial itself is under way. «