Fractured Trust (A Renee Steele Legal Mystery)
About this ebook
From R. Barri Flowers, award winning criminologist and international bestselling
author of legal thrillers, Persuasive
Evidence, State’s Evidence, and Justice Served, comes a gripping new legal
suspense novel, Fractured Trust: A
Renee Steele Legal Mystery.
It is 1982 and assistant prosecuting attorney
Renee Steele works for the Sex Crimes Unit of the Akers
County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office in Sparrow’s Crossing, Michigan.
In her latest case, Renee prosecutes wealthy
businessman Kurt Bochner, who is accused of raping a young woman during a date.
Alice Prescott, a cocktail waitress and aspiring
model, claims the former local college star quarterback date raped her.
The case hits close to home for Renee, who was
the victim of date rape thirteen years earlier while in law school. She never
pressed charged against her assailant, but the crime has affected both her
professional and personal life.
She is currently dating corporate attorney,
Lawrence Quinn, but finds herself attracted to Sparrow’s
Crossing police detective, Paul Kelly, an investigator for her current rape case.
Renee is thrown for a loop when Paul’s separate
investigation into an international escort service operation yields unexpected
results that lead to a shocking betrayal.
In the meantime, she is pitted in court against a
formidable opponent, defense attorney Deana Krane, who has never lost a case
and is determined to win an acquittal for her client Kurt Bochner.
In Fractured
Trust, date rape and prostitution are put under the microscope. The results
are anything but certain, and there is a stunning
climax.
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About the author
R. Barri Flowers is an award winning criminologist and bestselling author of nearly seventy books, including true crime, criminology, thriller fiction, and young adult mysteries. True crime titles include THE SEX SLAVE MURDERS, THE PICKAXE KILLERS, SERIAL KILLER COUPLES, MURDER AT THE PENCIL FACTORY, and a highly praised anthology, MASTERS OF TRUE CRIME.
Fiction titles include thrillers, BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN, DARK STREETS OF WHITECHAPEL, MURDER IN MAUI, MURDER IN HONOLULU, SEDUCED TO KILL IN KAUAI, and STATE’S EVIDENCE.