β Scribed by Scott Pratt
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A preacher is stabbed to death in a Tennessee motel. The suspect is a waitress at a strip club.
Defense attorney Joe Dillard's too burnt out to defend anyone he knows in his heart is guilty.
Then he meets the vulnerable Angelβthe accused, incriminated by circumstantial evidence. Dillard's sure she's not capable of killing anyone. What Dillard doesn't count on are the others drawn into the storm of the stunning crimeβfrom the vindictive detective to the victim's avenging son to Dillard's own deeply troubled sisterβall of whom will help to erase the line between guilt and innocence, and between an unthinkable lie and the unbelievable truth.
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A preacher is stabbed to death in a Tennessee motel, and the suspect is a strip-club waitress. Defense attorney Joe Dillard is sure the vulnerable Angel is not capable of killing anyone. What Dillard doesn't count on are the others drawn into the storm of this stunning crime.
A preacher is found brutally murdered in a Tennessee motel room. A beautiful, mysterious young girl is accused. In this Mystery Readers International finalist for "Best Debut Mystery," criminal defense lawyer Joe Dillard has become jaded over the years as he's tried to balance his career against h
A preacher is found brutally murdered in a Tennessee motel room. A beautiful, mysterious young girl is accused. In this Mystery Readers International finalist for "Best Debut Mystery," criminal defense lawyer Joe Dillard has become jaded over the years as he's tried to balance his career a
### From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Former attorney Pratt delves into rural Tennessee law and politics in this brilliantly executed debut. When a preacher is murdered after visiting an infamous strip club, the club's owner hires jaded attorney Joe Dillard to defend Angel Christian, a beautif