Ruby Bozarth is selected as defense counsel for a racially-charged felony that has the country club set of Rosedale, Mississippi, howling for justice. A subsequent murder brings her Southern gentleman former fiancee into the fray. Even the jury are not beyond suspicion. A thrilling Patterson standalone THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER_________________A RACIALLY CHARGED MURDER SPLITS A TOWN IN TWORuby Bozarth, a newcomer to Rosedale, Mississippi, is also fresh to the Mississippi Bar - and she faces an impossible task defending a college football star accused of murder.