{"product_id":"false-witness-a-novel-1","title":"FALSE WITNESS: A NOVEL","description":"INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\n\"There's deception, sabotage, violence, family secrets . . . all the stuff you could want from a fictional page-turner.\"― theSkimm\nHe saw what you did. He knows who you are…\nFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her and The Silent Wife, an electrifying standalone psychological thriller.\nAN ORDINARY LIFE…\nLeigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She’s an up-and-coming defense attorney at a prestigious law firm in Atlanta, would do anything for her sixteen-year-old daughter Maddy, and is managing to successfully coparent through a pandemic after an amicable separation from her husband Walter.\nHIDES A DEVASTATING PAST...\nBut Leigh’s ordinary life masks a childhood no one should have to endure … a childhood tarnished by dark family secrets, broken by betrayal, and ultimately destroyed by a brutal act of violence.\nBUT NOW THE PAST IS CATCHING UP…\nOn a Sunday night at her daughter’s school play, she gets a call from one of the firm's partners who wants Leigh to come on board to defend a wealthy man accused of multiple counts of rape. Though wary of the case, it becomes apparent she doesn't have much choice if she wants to keep her job. They're scheduled to go to trial in one week. When she meets the accused face-to-face, she realizes in a moment of chilling suspense that it’s no coincidence that he’s specifically asked for her to represent him. She knows him. And he knows her. More to the point, he may know what happened over twenty years ago, and why Leigh has spent two decades avoiding her past.\nAND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.\nSuddenly she has a lot more to lose than this case as she's pulled into a dangerous game of blackmail. The only person who can help is her younger, estranged sister Callie―the last person Leigh would ever want to drag into this after all they’ve been through. But with the life-shattering truth in danger of being revealed, she has no choice...\n“A high-stakes thriller . . . Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous.” –OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0062858963\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKGRJ00B1F2_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Slaughter, Karin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41449048375354,"sku":"4EKGRJ00B1F2_ns","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0062858963-0.jpg?v=1780878730","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/false-witness-a-novel-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}