Rob Sangster

Broschiertes Buch

Ground Truth

Beschreibung

Practicing law has never been so deadly. Hotshot Stanford law professor Jack Strider is speeding along the fast track to serve on the Supreme Court until a bullet and a nasty, front-page family scandal shatter that ambition. After he's unjustly fired from the law school faculty, a powerhouse law firm run by a former Secretary of State offers Jack a job and a chance for redemption. His first assignment: Do whatever it takes to defend a sleazy corporate client in Juarez, Mexico, the "Murder Capital of the World." Soon, Jack realizes that if he can't stop his client, millions of people on both sides of the border will be poisoned. Plunged into the violence of the Texas-Mexican borderlands, Jack discovers that he can trust no one, not even the law firm he works for, so when attorney Debra Vanderberg is sent to assist Jack, he doesn't know whether she's an ally or a spy. He has no choice but to trust her and pray he isn't wrong. Racing against the clock and dodging bullets, Jack and Debra uncover corporate greed and political corruption that lead all the way from a sacred cave in the Mexican mountains to the Oval Office. When the President of the United States refuses to stop the impending catastrophes, Jack risks everything, including his life. But can he learn the "ground truth" fast enough to save the millions destined to die?

Autor

Rob Sangster earned a BA at Stanford, an MA at the UCLA School of Architecture & Urban Planning, a JD at Stanford Law School, and was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court. He became a partner in a distinguished Los Angeles law firm and, later, administered national housing programs in Washington, DC. Following that, he returned to the private sector as a real estate developer dedicated to providing homes for low-income persons. More recently he is an award-winning novelist, newspaper columnist, restaurateur, and avid sailor who has travelled in more than 100 countries and on seven continents. For twenty years, he and his mystery-writer wife have maintained a second home on the wild coast of Nova Scotia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: BelleBooks
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781610260961
• ISBN-10: 1610260961
• Artikelnr.: 36473293