The president of the Orange Grove Homeowners Association is murdered and there are plenty of suspects - in fact everyone who lives in Orange Grove. Lawyer Brent Marks thinks he is dealing with a routine foreclosure defense until his client is implicated in the crime and calls upon Brent to defend her. To make matters worse, another client's destiny is about to cross their path. Is Brent defending an innocent or guilty client? At the crossroads of morality and ethics, the courtroom drama explodes, while the action outside the courtroom spirals out of control.
Genre: FICTION / Legal4.23 average on 92 ratings, #1 in law and evidence currently
Keith Michel, Barbara’s next door neighbor, heard the racket, peeled open his non-conforming blue curtain, peered out his window and saw Frances on Barbara’s front porch, frantically knocking. Let the bitch pound on the door until her knuckles bleed, he thought, and went back to smoking the rest of his roach while he endured his textbook assignment. A part time student and a full time surfer, Keith was one of four guys who roomed together as tenants in the four bedroom townhouse. He hated the HOA just as much as the next guy, no – even more – but the pounding on the door in his hypersensitive state seemed like it was slamming around in his head and reverberating down his spinal cord. He opened the door to put an end to the noise.
“She’s not there, Frances.”
The surfer. He and his blue curtains have got to go, thought Frances, looking at the super tanned blonde idiot.
“Oh? And how do you know that?”
“The ambulance came for her about an hour ago,” said Keith, the wisp of a smile curling from the sides of his chapped lips. Keith didn’t like Frances. He didn’t like her beady little dark brown eyes. He didn’t like her sneaky, faux-feminine mannerisms. And he didn’t like her sticking her nose in his business.
“Ambulance?”
“Ask me, she needed a meat wagon.”
“Whatever do you mean?”
“She was lifeless, dude. Like a bag o’ sand.”
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Italian
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Already translated.
Translated by Francesca Viano
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Author review: Francesca was very diligent and responsive. |
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Spanish
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Already translated.
Translated by Natalia Steckel
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Author review: Very thorough and professional, has a professional editor for her translations |
