The Last Witness
Kansas City trial attorney Lou Mason is back...and this time, it's personal. Hired to defend the accused murderer of local lawyer and political fixer Jack Cullan, he finds himself putting everything on the line to exonerate none other than his friend and mentor, ex-cop Wilson "Blues" Bluestone, Jr.
With private files that rivaled those of J. Edgar Hoover, Cullan had the goods on any number of Kansas City high rollers, from Mayor Billy Sunshine on down. But the homicide detective on the case has it in for Blues, who faces the death penalty if he's convicted. Digging deeper, Mason unearths the kind of secrets someone will do anything to keep. And as he closes in on a desperate killer who's leaving a bloody trail through very high places, Mason may be setting himself up as the next target...
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Praise
"Joel Goldman has written another fast-paced legal thriller. The plotting is tight, the dialogue is realistic and the characters are compelling. Find a comfortable chair and plan to stay up late."
—Sheldon Siegel,
Author of
The Special Circumstances and Criminal Intent
"Fast, furious and thoroughly enjoyable, The Last Witness is classic, and classy, noir for our time, filled with great characters and sharp, stylish writing. We better see more Lou Mason in the future."
—Jeffery Deaver,
author of
The Vanished Man and The Stone Monkey
"The Last Witness is an old fashioned, '40s, tough guy detective story set in modern times and starring a lawyer named Lou Mason instead of a private eye named Sam Spade. There's a lot of action, loads of suspects, and plenty of snappy dialogue. It's a fun read from beginning to end."
—Phillip Margolin,
author of
The Associate and Wild Justice
"The Last Witness is a legal thriller written the way criminal law should be practiced: from the gut. Author Joel Goldman captures in Lou Mason the perfectly conflicted defense attorney, torn between a homicide detective and an accused client, one a surrogate father to Mason, the other a surrogate brother. Add crackling dialogue and an elegiac evocation of Kansas City in the dead of winter, and The Last Witness becomes one of the premier crime novels of the year."
—Jeremiah Healy,
author of
Turnabout and Spiral
