Philip Friedman is a practising attorney living in New York City. His previous novels include RAGE, which was also a film starring George C Scott and Martin Sheen; TERMINATION ORDER, which the New York Times called 'one of the best spy stories of the year'; REASONABLE DOUBT and INADMISSABLE EVIDENCE - both of which became worldwide bestsellers. His novel of the conspiracy surrounding the assassination of John Kennedy, ACT OF LOVE, ACT OF WAR, was republished in 1994 under the title WALL OF SILENCE.