This is the first legal thriller I’ve read by Freya Atwood, and I found her style captivating. The story revolves around a deranged killer, a determined lawyer fighting to save her client from prison, and a key witness who lives off the grid. Meet Sam Spencer, a lawyer who has recently inherited her father’s law firm after his passing. Longing to return to her early days of tackling criminal cases, Sam comes across an intriguing newspaper article titled Reluctant Murderer . It details the Golden Lake killer case, where Angie Rose, a 25-year-old woman, was discovered dead on the lake's shore. Though her left wrist was cut open, her actual cause of death was a broken neck. The prime suspect, Mark Mason, has a violent past and is alleged to have confessed. However, his brother Brett insists that someone else committed the crime. Brett’s certainty comes from a witness, Eve Bryant, who places another individual at the scene. But Eve is threatened with a chilling note, warning he...
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