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Amanda Jaffe, the heroine of Wild Justice and Proof Positive , is back-in this twisting tale of international intrigue and murder that leads her deep into the past ...and into the crosshairs of a killer. Charlie Marsh, a petty thief and con man, becomes a national hero when he rescues the warden of a state penitentiary during a prison riot, but it doesn't take long before he is wanted again, suspected of killing a United States congressman. After twelve years of living in the African nation of Batanga, at the mercy of Jean-Claude Baptiste, a sadistic, power-mad dictator, Charlie flees for home to face his murder charge, when Baptiste learns about Charlie's affair with the tyrant's favorite wife. But it's t just the state of Oregon that's got it in for the philandering con. Criminal lawyer Amanda Jaffe has her work cut out for her. She must keep Charlie off death row, protect him from the head of Baptiste's deadly secret police, and prevent him from being caught by a shadowy killer who will stop at thing to keep the truth about a decade-old crime buried forever.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarpercollins Publishers Inc, Harper
ISBN-100061236241
ISBN-139780061236242
eBay Product ID (ePID)117546163
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AuthorPhillip M. Margolin
FormatMass Market (Rack) Paperback, Paperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicCrime, Thriller & Adventure
Additional Product Features
Place of PublicationNew York
Series Part/Volume Number4
Series TitleAmanda Jaffe Series
Author BiographyPhillip Margolin has written nineteen novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers, including his latest novels Woman with a Gun, Worthy Brown's Daughter, Sleight of Hand, and the Washington trilogy. Each displays a unique, compelling insider's view of criminal behavior, which comes from his long background as a criminal defense attorney who has handled thirty murder cases. Winner of the Distinguished Northwest Writer Award, he lives in Portland, Oregon.
Date of Publication30/01/2010
Country of PublicationUnited States