In Deepest Consequences

Calvin Samuels is a public defender with a passion for sticking by the underdog. His clients are desperate men and women with desperate cases. Like John Rogers. Although Samuels saved him from a life behind bars, he couldnt save his life. Within months of his acquittal, Rogers body is fished from the Ohio River, two bullet holes in the back of his head. Police speculate his death was the result of a drug deal gone bad. Believing he failed a friend who depended on him, Samuels seeks redemption in the representation of Mark Alexander, accused of the brutal murder of two drug dealers. Needing to believe in his clients innocence, however, Samuels is blind to clues that Alexander is not what, or who, he seems. Until he meets Allison Morris, Alexanders former lover and the prosecutions most damning witness. Could Alexander actually be Rogers murderer? But when the trial finally reaches its stunning conclusion, Samuels descent into the maelstrom has only just begun.