A. Scott Fenney is a hotshot corporate lawyer at a big Dallas
firm. At 33, in the prime of his life, he rakes in $750,000 a year,
drives a Ferrari and comes home every night to a mansion in
Dallas''s most exclusive neighbourhood. He also comes home to one of
Dallas''s most beautiful women, with whom he has a much-loved
daughter, Boo. For Fenney, life could not be better. But when a
senator''s son is killed in a hit-and-run, Fenney is asked by the
state judge to put his air-conditioned lifestyle on hold to defend
the accused: a black, heroin-addicted prostitute - a very different
client to the people Fenney usually represents. And, more
importantly, she is not going be paying Ford Stevens $350 an hour
for the privilege of his services. Under fire from all sides,
Fenney drafts in a public defender to take the case on. Yet as
Scott prepares to hand over to Bobby, he feels increasingly guilty
about the path he is taking, because Scott still believes in the
principle of justice. The question is: does he believe in it
strongly enough to jeopardise everything in his life he holds dear.
And to what lengths is the dead man''s power-hungry father prepared
to go to test Fenney''s resolve?
關於作者:
Born and educated in Texas, Mark Gimenez attended law school
at Notre Dame, Indiana and practised with a large Dallas law firm.
He is married with two sons.