The perfect alibi
Margolin, Phillip
When a young woman accuses college-football superstar Blaine Hastings of rape
the DNA evidence against him is overwhelming. Yet the athlete swears his innocence and threatens both his lawyer and his accuser. When a second rape occurs
the DNA evidence again points to Hastings. The only problem? Hastings was in prison when the crime was committed. As a result
the convicted athlete
represented by a new lawyer
is granted a new trial and bail. Shortly thereafter
his original lawyer disappears and his law partner is murdered. Robin Lockwood is a young lawyer with a prestigious small law firm and a former MMA fighter who helped pay for Yale Law School with her bouts. She is representing the victim of the first rape
who is convinced that Hastings
out on bail
is stalking her and trying to intimidate her. At the same time
another client is up on a murder charge--one that should be dismissed as self-defense--but the D.A. trying the case is determined to bring it to trial. Now she has to mastermind two impossible cases
trying to find the hidden truth that links them.
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