Heart of a Killer

About this book

Jamie Wagner is a young lawyer who is happy to be flying under the radar at a large firm. Its not that he isnt smart. He is. Its just that hard work not to mention the whole legal thing isnt exactly his passion. Underachiever? A little. Content? Right up until the firm puts him on a case that turns his whole world upside down. Sheryl Harrison has served four years of a thirty-year murder sentence for killing her husband who she claims was abusive. The case is settled---there shouldnt be anything for Jamie to do---except Sheryls fourteen-year-old daughter Karen is sick. She has a congenital heart defect and will die without a transplant. Her blood type is rare making their chances of finding a matching donor remote at best. Sheryl wants to be that donor for her daughter and Jamie is in way over his head. Suicide no matter the motive is illegal. So with Sheryl on suicide watch Jamies only shot at helping her and saving Karen is to reopen the murder case prove Sheryls innocence and get her freed so that she can pursue her plan on her own. Heart of a Killer---a gripping story of an ordinary man faced with an impossible situation---is the most powerful and shocking thriller yet from David Rosenfelt a true master of the genre.