![]() ![]() Given the threat against them, Leigh is forced to involve Callie-a longtime opioid addict with a history of estrangement-in her quest to gain the upper hand and keep their sordid past buried. Otherwise, Leigh and Callie’s secrets will become public fodder. Consequently, he expects an acquittal at all costs. Only when she meets the client, Andrew Tenant, does she realize who he really is-Trevor Waleski-and why he chose her as replacement counsel though asleep that fateful night, Andrew somehow knows exactly what Leigh and her sister did to his father and how they staged his death as a disappearance. Despite being new to the practice, she’s been tapped to defend a wealthy young man accused of one rape and suspected of multiple others. Spring 2021: Defense attorney Leigh Collier is attending her teenage daughter’s school play when a call from one of the law firm’s partners summons her to the office for an emergency meeting. Desperate acts of self-defense leave Buddy mortally wounded, however, before a beaten and bloodied Callie calls her older sister, Harleigh (“Leigh”), to help clean up the mess as if it never happened. When Buddy arrives home and is confronted with the evidence of his misdeeds, he attacks Callie with the intent to kill. Riddled by aches and pains and emotional turmoil, Callie is self-medicating with the contents of the Waleski’s bar when she makes a disturbing discovery: a hidden camera aimed at the living room couch-the same couch where Trevor’s father, Buddy, insists on defiling her (an act that she confuses for love). Summer 1998: Young Callie is resigned to another night with Trevor Waleski, an endearing if somewhat exasperating ten-year-old who has already gone through his share of neighborhood babysitters. Her newest, July’s False Witness, is a worthy addition to the author’s impressive canon. A perennial New York Times bestseller, Slaughter has collaborated with the likes of Lee Child and been nominated for accolades including the Barry, CWA Dagger, Edgar, and Macavity Awards. She’s alternated between equally successful series and standalone books and has both in development for on-screen adaptation-the Grant County and Will Trent sagas for television and Pieces of Her at Netflix. The stats speak for themselves: Twenty-one novels published in 120 countries with more than 35 million copies sold. Karin Slaughter is at the pinnacle of a career that shows no signs of slowing. ![]()
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