A Washington, DC, litigator is hired to defend his best friend, the former President of the United States, against a murder charge in this novel that is “ clever and thrilling with a shocking twist” (People).
After a long career as one of DC’ s most powerful litigators, Rob Jacobson is faced with the case of a lifetime: the former President of the United States— his childhood best friend— has been accused of murdering his mistress.
Rob knows he’ s the only one who can prove his friend’ s innocence, but he is soon overwhelmed as he attempts to devise a strategy to defend an authoritative man with a taste for infidelity, serious anger issues, and unconventional sexual appetites. As the high-profile case unfurls, the troubled, intertwining pasts of the two men complicate Rob’ s efforts and soon, doubts begin to grow in his head. Could his oldest friend truly be capable of murder or is something even darker at play? “ Robbins. . . keeps the pace fast and the courtroom scenes convincing” (The New York Times Book Review) in this sensational thriller by a true DC legal insider.
