Book description
Dismas Hardy, lawyer/investigator, undertakes the defense of Jennifer
Witt, accused of murdering her husband and their eight-year-old son as
well as her first husband, who had died nine years earlier from an
apparent drug overdose. While preparing his case, Hardy learns that both
of Jennifer's husbands had physically abused her. But Jennifer refuses
to allow a defense that presumes her guilt. She is not guilty, she
claims. Hardy is now driven to seek an alternative truth a jury can
believe. As the trial progresses, the complex truth itself begins to
change, to bend, to fade in and out of focus as the clock keeps ticking
on Jennifer's fate, until there seems only one person left to convince,
and she is "the 13th juror"--the judge. The 13th Juror is a
stunning and suspenseful novel of moral ambiguity, of good intentions,
bad judgements and the tortuous path to ultimate justice.
'Compulsively readable' John Lescroart is the New York Times
bestselling author of twenty three novels, including DAMAGE, TREASURE
HUNT and A PLAGUE OF SECRETS. His books have been printed in 16
languages and published in more than 75 countries. He lives in northern
California with his wife and two children.
