Full name: Wrongful Death: A Novel

Author: Robert Dugoni Year: 2009 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Suspense Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781416591009 1416591001

Just minutes after winning a $1.6 million wrongful-death verdict, attorney David Sloane confronts the one case that threatens to blemish his unbeaten record in the courtroom. Beverly Ford wants Sloane to sue the United States government and military in the mysterious death of her husband, James, a national guardsman killed in Iraq. While a decades-old military doctrine might make Ford's case impossible to win, Sloane, a former soldier himself, is compelled to find justice for the widow and her four children in what is certain to become the biggest challenge of his career.With little hard evidence to go on, Sloane calls on his friend, reclusive former CIA agent turned private investigator Charles Jenkins, to track down the other men serving with Ford the night he died. Alarmingly, two of the four who returned home alive didn't stay that way for long, and though the mission's wheelchairbound commander now works for a civilian contractor, he refuses to talk. The final -- and youngest -- soldier is also the most elusive, but he's their only shot at discovering the truth -- if Sloane and Jenkins can keep him alive long enough to tell it. Meanwhile, Sloane isn't the only one on a manhunt. As he propels his case into a federal courtroom, those seeking to hide the truth threaten Sloane's family, forcing his new wife Tina and stepson Jake into hiding, where they become the targets of a relentless killer. Now Sloane must race to uncover what really happened on that fatal mission, not only to bring justice to a family wronged but to keep himself and the people closest to him from becoming the next casualties.... This book is part of the "David Sloane" series. Here are some other books from this series: "The Conviction" First published in 2012 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Bodily Harm" First published in 2010 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Jury Master" First published in 2006 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: Bodily Harm by Robert Dugoni The Hunt Club by John Lescroart The Suspect by John Lescroart In Her Defense by Stephen Horn The Conviction by Robert Dugoni The Jury Master by Robert Dugoni Hear No Evil by James Grippando Reckless Endangerment by Robert K. Tanenbaum Nobody Knows by Mary Jane Clark Murder Games by James Patterson Hostile Witness by William Lashner The Simeon Chamber by Steve Martini Rough Justice by Lisa Scottoline Primary Justice by William Bernhardt Dirty Blonde by Lisa Scottoline Chinaman's Chance by Ross Thomas Exhume by Danielle Girard Blood Flag by Steve Martini Damage Control by Robert Dugoni The Trapped Girl by Robert Dugoni