The Prosecution Book

After his equivocal victory in The Defense, sharp Joseph Antonelli, a man no more ethical than he needed to be, retired to a wood-panelled study to lick his emotional wounds and read moral philosophy; in The Prosecution, DW Buffa brings Antonelli back into the world and gives him a new cause. On Death Row, a psychopathic contract killer has fingered the local DA and his assistant for hiring him to kill the DA's wife; Antonelli is appointed as special prosecutor to determine whether there is enough evidence to pursue the case; after all, men struggling to buy their life will say anything... And then the wife of the judge who appointed him is found in her dead lover's house with her fingerprints all over the gun which killed him--and Antonelli finds himself called back to defence once again. Buffa is one of the brightest of the recent rash of writers of courtroom thrillers, understanding both the tricks of the trade and the underlying moral commitment which motivates most trial lawyers. Antonelli is caught perpetually in the dilemma of the just man, wanting to avenge the innocent dead on the guilty, but not at the expense of the innocent living; these are thoughtful books as well as exciting ones. --Roz KaveneyRead More