Girl on the Gallows - Softcover

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From John Devlin comes an electrifying legal thriller sure to be considered a top-rated read and destined to become a best-seller. A blue-collar attorney with a penchant for booze and an unfortunate reputation for defending people's pets gets a murder trial that rivets the nation......and Joe Heyerdahl is struggling. He’s struggling with a legal practice more geared to animalcompanions than human folks. He’s struggling with a young wife who is singularly focused onhaving a baby. And he’s struggling with a drinking habit that is in danger of becoming something far more insidious.And then he gets a blockbuster murder trial that’s far above his pay grade---against some serious prosecutorial opponents who have Hapless Joe outclassed. Now the struggle intensifies as Joe finds himself thrust into a world of murder, high stakes politics, and desperate pleas for redemption.With the days counting down until the execution,Joe’s breakneck attempts to salvage a life are poised on a knife’s edge, tumbling from one desperate strait to another...then he encounters the unexpected...and then the unforgettable.

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