The Third Victim - Phillip Margolin

The New York Times-bestselling author of Gone But Not Forgotten launches a new series with this thriller that's sure to keep readers on edge with surprising twist after twist until the shocking ending. Tall Premium Edition. n nMargolin continues his return to the exceptional form of his early novels with this gripping, tightly plotted, and smoothly written legal thriller...

A winner from a veteran genre author. --Booklist n nThe master of heart-pounding suspense returns with a brand new series and a USA Today bestseller The Third Victim is New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin at his very best. n nA woman stumbles onto a dark road in rural Oregon--tortured, battered, and bound.

She tells a horrific story about being kidnapped, then tortured, until she finally managed to escape. She was the lucky one--two other women, with similar burns and bruises, were found dead. n n The surviving victim identifies the house where she was held captive and the owner, Alex Mason--a prominent local attorney--is arrested.

Although he loudly insists upon his innocence, his wife's statements about his sexual sadism and the physical evidence found at the scene, his summer home, is damning. n n Regina Barrister is a legendary criminal defense attorney, known as The Sorceress for her courtroom victories. But she's got a secret, one that threatens her skill, her reputation, and, most of all, her clients.

And she's agreed to take on the seemingly impossible task of defending Alex Mason. n n Robin Lockwood, a young lawyer and former MMA fighter, has just left a clerkship at the Oregon Supreme Court to work for Regina Barrister. The Alex Mason trial is her first big one, a likely death penalty case, and she's second chair to Regina.

Increasingly, she's worried her boss's behavior and the details in the case against their client don't quite add up.n