Oklahoma attorney Ben Kincaid put his reputation on the line when he represented Ray Goldman. The seemingly mild-mannered industrial chemist was charged with a staggeringly brutal crime: the torture and massacre of an entire suburban Tulsa family. But in spite of the grisly, tabloid-ready details of the sensational case, Ben's deft defence against a lack of hard evidence and improper police procedure made an acquittal all but certain. Until the prosecution's star witness - the lone survivor of the slaughter - took the stand...and sealed Ray Goldman's fate. Seven years later, Goldman's date with the death chamber is at hand. But seconds before the lethal injection, an eleventh-hour reprieve halts the execution - and launches Ben on a race against time to overturn Ray Goldman's conviction. Erin Faulkner, the young woman who narrowly escaped the carnage that claimed her family, has abruptly recanted her testimony after years of silence, desperate to keep an innocent man from dying. Just as suddenly, this near-miraculous turn of events turns tragic: Erin is discovered dead, an apparent suicide. And Ben Kincaid is the only witness to her stunning confession.
Ben is certain Erin didn't commit suicide. She was a victim of murder - silenced by the same killer who butchered her family. All Ben had to do is prove it. But, this unseen enemy is determined to cover his tracks once and for all...with blood. In "Death Row", William Bernhardt ratchets up the suspense quotient to near heart-stopping new levels - and challenges even the most jaded thriller readers to keep up with the twists and turns. Crime will never pay. But crime fiction - served up with the wit, grit, and sheer virtuosity of Bernhardt - always pays off.
- ISBN10 0709082916
- ISBN13 9780709082910
- Publish Date 31 July 2007 (first published 1 January 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 January 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
- Imprint Robert Hale Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English