Silent Witness

From the critically acclaimed
New York Times bestselling author Richard North Patterson comes
Silent Witness, an "intense courtroom drama. . . as startling as the bang of a gavel."
(
People).





After the murder of his high school sweetheart left him shattered, Tony Lord vowed never to return to his Ohio hometown of Lake City. Twenty-eight years later, Tony is a successful California criminal lawyer with a beautiful celebrity wife. He's living the good life. . . until long-buried memories come crashing down when he hears from an old friend, who needs his help.


Sam Robb is a track coach at Lake City High. He swears he is not responsible for the death of one of his female team members. . . even though forensic evidence reveals that he's the father of her unborn child.


Back when they were teenagers, Sam stood by Tony when he was a suspect in his young girlfriend's murder-and Tony desperately wants to do the same for him today. In doing so, Tony will have to revisit his troubled past and probe the darkest secrets of small-town life to get to the truth. And what he will find is more shocking than he ever could have imagined. . . .