Selected by Robert Dugoni

After 13 years as a civil litigator practicing in San Francisco, Robert Dugoni woke up one morning in 1999 and decided to quit law to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. Soon enough, he was on the New York Times best-seller list, where he remains to this day with his Tracy Crosswhite series.

“Pratt blends real courtroom drama with intense scenes that keep this book moving at a quick pace. Joe Dillard is a Tennessee criminal defense lawyer who wants to defend one innocent client before he walks away from the practice. He finds himself defending a stripper accused of killing a preacher who visited her strip club the night before. Rich plot? The dialogue is real, the courtroom scenes riveting and the outcome anything but certain.”