Published: Dec. 30, 2011
Words: 101,618 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466090217

Short description

When criminal defense attorney Maeven Dayne decides not to walk away from her job to defend a teenage girl with no family and no money, she not only finds herself fighting a corrupt juvenile justice system, but she winds up in the middle of a murder plot forced to choose between saving her client or her family.

Extended description

Maeven Dayne loves all of her kids and most of them love her, but she must choose between them: the juvenile defendants at work or her sons at home. On her last day at the job, a juvenile probation officer she despises drags a weeping young girl before an irritated judge for an unscheduled hearing. Maeven can’t resist the girl’s pitiful pleas for help and decides to intervene.

While defending this girl, she discovers people are profiting from imprisoning innocent kids in juvenile placement facilities, but who? A psychologist who tries to expose the kids-for-cash scheme is murdered, but he’s left clues. When her oldest son is arrested and detained on false charges, her husband receives a message proposing an offer: Maeven quits her job and the case or they lose their son. Her husband insists that she choose their son. The problem? Can she sacrifice one for the other?

Tags

family conflict, juvenile court, african american mystery, legal thriller novel, legal system mystery corruption murder attorney judge police, legal thriller mystery, legal cruelty to children, courtroom action

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Review by: jstoc on March 20, 2012 :
I enjoyed it. A good read.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: McKenzie Staley on Jan. 06, 2012 :
Once I hit the middle, I thought it was a page turner. Hope to see more with Maeven.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Jerome Brown on Jan. 04, 2012 :
Liked the story development and the characters--especially Crow.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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