 The Simple Truth Behind the scenes, the U.S. Supreme Court is abattleground of egos, intellects, and power. Here brilliant youngattorney Mike Fiske toils as an elite foot soldier. His colleague SaraEvans is clerking for a female Court justice who is powerfullyconnected to Congress. But Sara, whose career has limitlesspossibilities, is becoming a key player in a struggle that will link aconvicted murderer to the Court. Farfrom the imposing facade of the High Court is the world of streetcrime, prison time, and bare-knuckles criminal courts defense. In aVirginia military prison Rufus Harms is just one more lifer claiminginnocence. Convicted of killing a girl on an army base twenty-fiveyears ago, Harms smuggles a desperate letter out of his prison cell.It's a bombshell -- an appeal to the Supreme Court -- that claims he wasforced to commit murder.
Suddenly everyone who has anything to do with Harmsor the appeal mysteriously dies, including Mike Fiske. When hisbrother, John, an ex-cop, investigates and asks for Sara's help, theyboth face a conspiracy that is shaking the very foundations of power inWashington. And the one man who can help them, the one man who knowswhat really happened twenty-five years ago -- and why -- has escapedfrom prison and is running for his life. Fromscenes of swift, savage violence to scenes of the cloistered, intricateworkings of the High Court itself, from the heat of a summer night onthe Potomac to the cold reality of a lifer's prison cell, The Simple Truth is passionate, brawling, and electrifying -- and as vividly courageous as only the truth can be. Additional Information - Critical Praise
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- Writing The Simple Truth
In a Hachette Book Group interview, David tells about writing The Simple Truth - U.S. Publication Details
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group USA
- First edition hardcover release date: November 18, 1998
- ISBN: 0446523321,978-0446523325
- Additional formats available: Unabridged and abridged cassette, mass market paperback
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