Death's Witness: A Novel

Paul Batista

Jan 2016 · Oceanview Publishing

About this ebook

USA Today Best-Selling Author

Prominent defense attorney murdered in Central Park—random act or a conspiracy?

When Tom Perini, a legendary Heisman Trophy winner turned criminal lawyer, is found brutally murdered in Central Park, his widow Julie Perini suspects a wider conspiracy. Not only was her husband part of the defense team for a Congressman on trial for bribery, but her intuition also tells her that the FBI is not too eager to find the killer.

Relying on her skills as a journalist, Julie begins her own investigation and soon discovers her late husband's secret underworld associations; ties that now threaten her and her toddler's lives. Fighting grief and a sense of betrayal, Julie is pulled into an inescapable labyrinth of organized crime dealings, political corruption, brutal power grabs and murder.

Desperate, Julie turns to Vincent Sorrentino, Tom's defense partner, for help, and the two discover a shocking and terrifying truth that threatens to paralyze them. But it may also hold the key—the only key—to saving the lives of Julie and her daughter.

Perfect for fans of John Grisham's legal thrillers

While Death's Witness is a standalone novel, here is the publication order of Paul Batista's legal thrillers:

Death's Witness
Extraordinary Rendition
The Borzoi Killings (Raquel Rematti Legal Thriller Series #1)
Manhattan Lockdown
The Warriors (Raquel Rematti Legal Thriller Series #2)
Accusation (Raquel Rematti Legal Thriller Series #3) — coming in March 2022

Ratings and reviews

Crime/murder/thriller . . . About what you'd expect. Does manage to allow the reader to stay somewhat involved - but it probably wouldn't have been nearly as long if written by a pencil.

slow beginning then very very good till the last few pages and very slow and should have ended with a little more intrigue.

About the author

Paul Batista has been a well-known television personality for more than twenty years, with regular appearances on CBS, CNN, HLN and WNBC. He is the author of three previous thrillers—Death’s Witness, Extraordinary Rendition, and The Borzoi Killings. For more than three decades he has been one of the most widely known criminal defense lawyers in the United States and the author of the leading book in the federal racketeering statute, RICO, soon to appear in its Fourth Edition. He is also a veteran of the United States Army with service during the Vietnam War.  Batista lives in Sag Harbor, New York.