The Local

'A compelling and fast-moving novel dealing with the conflict between friendship, family loyalty and duty to the law. Hartstone kept me guessing right till the end' - Lisa Ballantyne, author of The Guilty Ones. 'Razor sharp, reminiscent of the best of Grisham' Kia AbdullahBIG BUSINESSJames Euchre lives an easy life as a local attorney in a small Texan town, making plenty of money from patent infringement cases.BAD BLOODBut when his mentor is killed, and one of his clients is arrested for murder, James is forced to take on his first criminal case - defending the man who allegedly killed his friend.BETRAYALThe deeper James goes into the case, the more he fears that he'll fail to save an innocent client's life - or worse, wind up freeing a guilty man.