Michael Swiger

It’s 2 A.M. in a wealthy Cleveland suburb when a young woman is found murdered—ritually slain and left on the altar at St. Andrew’s Church. Reverend Howard Jamison is discovered covered in blood. A Satanic Bible lies open on his desk. And he isn't talking.

A sensational case. Dark motives. Deadly secrets. When Judge Samuel Chesterfield is found murdered in his chambers during a high-stakes wrongful death trial against a prominent abortionist, suspicion immediately falls on the only four people who had access: the trial lawyers.

When a pregnant woman is brutally attacked and left in a coma, a terrified town demands justice. Police arrest the last person seen with her—a nonverbal special-needs man caught at the scene—and the public is ready to see him sentenced to death.

Power. Corruption. Murder. One election. One impossible case. One attorney who thought he'd argued his last trial. On election night, rising congressional candidate Marcus Blanchard is found standing over the body of a murdered woman.

When a devastating explosion shatters the peace of an Ohio Valley town, it sets off a nationwide manhunt—and unravels a series of shocking crimes that no one saw coming.