Hard-luck Philadelphia lawyer Victor Carl is just itching for the opportunity to sell out. Then good fortune comes knocking at his door in the guise of William Prescott III, a blue-blood attorney from one of the city's most prestigious firms. Prescott wants Victor to represent a councilman's aide who is on trial, along with his boss, for extortion, arson, and murder. It's the juiciest, highest-profile courtroom extravaganza in years -- and all Carl has to do is show up, shut up, and follow Prescott's lead.
But it soon becomes clear that somene's setting him and his client up to take a long, hard fall. Victor Carl may be desperate and unethical but he's no one's patsy. And to survive in this legal snake pit of secrets, lies, and lethal double-crosses, he's going to play the game his way.
- ISBN10 1568952481
- ISBN13 9781568952482
- Publish Date 1 December 1995 (first published 1 May 1995)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 16 December 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Wheeler Publishing Inc
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 683
- Language English