A Fool for a Client: A Stanley Hastings Mystery (Stanley Hastings Mysteries)

About this book

A young woman found naked and stabbed to death in her apartment. Its the type of case that should be perfect for Stanley Hastings. Instead its his nightmare. A sensational murder trial! A young woman found naked and stabbed to death in her apartment! The woman was the girlfriend of his boss Richard Rosenberg and the hotshot lawyer is charged with killing her. Now Richards in court fighting for his life and Stanleys out on the firing line trying to dig up some evidence in his favor. It wont be easy. The murdered woman was a law clerk for a prominent judge and everyone Stanley needs to question is currently tied up in a high-profile Global Banking trial. As Stanley races back and forth between two courtrooms searching for the key to the mystery through investigative techniques that could easily get him charged as an accessory every fact tends to point to Richards guilt: DNA evidence proves he is the man who had sex with the victim just before she died eyewitnesses put him at the scene of the crime and his fingerprints are on the murder weapon. In desperation Richard resorts to a series of courtroom tactics so outrageous they would make Perry Mason blush. Before the case is over everyone in the courtroom will be convinced that not only does Richard Rosenberg have a fool for a client but the client has a fool for a lawyer.