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Fractured Verdict
(2025)(The first book in the Alex Hayes Legal Thrillers series)
A novel by Laura Chase and L T Ryan
Alex has two weeks to convict a billionaire of murder. But every new piece of evidence makes her wonder who put him on trial—and why.
The Alex Hayes Legal Thriller series begins—from Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author L.T. Ryan and attorney-turned-author Laura Chase.Assistant District Attorney Alex Hayes has spent years fighting for a justice system she no longer trusts. Her mother vanished. Her father went to federal prison. And a string of courtroom losses has left Alex’s career hanging by a thread.
Then Houston real estate tycoon Edward Martin is charged with brutally murdering his wife.
The case could make Alex’s career—or finish it. She has almost no time to prepare, little physical evidence, and a city already demanding a guilty verdict. Across the courtroom stands Michael Donovan, the ruthless defense attorney—and former lover—who knows exactly how to get under her skin.
Alex’s boss needs a conviction. The mayor wants Martin buried. Alex wants the truth.
But witnesses are being threatened. Evidence is disappearing. And the deeper Alex digs, the more the murder begins to resemble the corruption scandal that sent her father to prison.
Everyone involved is hiding something—including the people Alex trusts to help her uncover the truth.
To identify the killer, Alex may have to dismantle her own case, defy the district attorney, and sacrifice the career she has spent her life building. But powerful people have already killed to protect their secrets.
If Alex keeps asking the wrong questions, she may be next.
Fractured Verdict launches the Alex Hayes series with a tense blend of legal thriller, courtroom suspense, murder mystery, wrongful conviction, and political corruption—featuring a relentless prosecutor trapped between the law and the truth. For readers who enjoy John Grisham, Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer novels, and David Baldacci’s conspiracy thrillers.
Genre: Mystery
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