A suspended lawyer. An exonerated ex-con. And a dirty cop'''s logbook that leads straight to the Governor’s mansion.
Thomas Crane has a brilliant legal mind, but he has one problem: his license is suspended. Isaiah Perkins has ninety-five million dollars and a terrifying reputation, but he''s not a lawyer. Together, they are Crane & Perkins, a civil rights firm operating out of a converted warehouse, dedicated to freeing the innocent.Their weapon? The "Red Ledger"—the secret, handwritten logbook of a disgraced detective who kept receipts on every dirty deal in the city.
When Thomas decodes an entry from 1998 regarding a fatal house fire, they uncover a twenty-year-old lie. Clara Reed didn't murder her husband in a domestic rage. She was framed to cover up a massive financial crime that launched a political dynasty.
The man who ordered the cover-up? Martin Calloway. Once a City Councilman, now the Governor of Texas.
Calloway isn't going to let a couple of amateurs destroy his legacy. When the State Bar issues a gag order silencing Thomas, the team has to get creative. Isaiah Perkins must step into the courtroom as the advocate, armed only with prison logic and Thomas’s silent signals.
But in a city built on ashes, the truth is flammable. To free Clara Reed, they don't just have to win a trial. They have to survive the fallout.
Perfect for fans of John Grisham’s underdog lawyers and Michael Connelly’s gritty procedurals, The Redaction is a pulse-pounding legal thriller about the price of justice.
Genre: Mystery
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