Miriam Cross Defends Nobody

Defense attorney Miriam Cross has built her career on one simple truth: everyone deserves a defense, no matter how guilty they seem. For seventeen years, she has won impossible cases, defended the indefensible, and never lost sleep over a verdict. But when she takes on Marcus Webb, a man accused of murdering his business partner, Miriam discovers something that shatters her carefully constructed world. Her client is innocent. And someone is setting her up to take the fall.Evidence emerges linking Miriam to the crime scene. Her fingerprints appear where they should not be. Witnesses place her at locations she has never visited. As the walls close in, Miriam realizes she is not just fighting for her client anymore. She is fighting for her life.The prosecutor building the case against her is someone from her past. The partners at her law firm are hiding secrets. Even her own memories cannot be trusted. Every move she makes to prove her innocence seems to tighten the noose around her neck.Desperate and running out of time, Miriam begins digging into the one place she swore never to look again: a case from fifteen years ago that she thought she had buried forever. What she uncovers is a conspiracy that connects her past to her present, a web of lies that reaches into the highest levels of power, and a killer who has been waiting patiently for this moment.The truth Miriam seeks could set her free, but it could also destroy everything she has spent her life building. In a legal thriller that twists and turns until the final page, Katherine Lamb delivers a razor-sharp tale of justice, betrayal, and redemption.Miriam Cross Defends Nobody asks the question: what happens when the defender needs defending, and there is no one left to trust?--- Sample Reading Extract ---Miriam Cross defends murderers for a living. She is good at it. Too good, some say. When she takes on Marcus Webb, accused of killing his business partner, it should be just another case. But Marcus is innocent, and someone wants Miriam to pay for proving it.