The Murder Trial 9781529993615 Hardback

A young woman stands trial for the murder of her adoptive parents, trapped between damning evidence, her own hidden truths, and a justice system ready to condemn her in the gripping new legal thriller from the world’s bestselling thriller writer.Patterson is in a class by himselfGUARDIAN————————————The evidence is overwhelming. But what if it hides the truth?When Janelle Thompson takes the stand accused of murdering her adoptive parents, she already knows how this story ends.The case against her is airtight, the jury is watching her every move, and every mistake shes ever made is about to be used to prove shes a killer.But Janelle wont confess to a crime she didnt commit. As the trial races towards its verdict, she is forced to uncover what really happened the night her parents disappeared.Because if she loses, the real killer wont just walk free theyll make sure the truth stays buried, along with whoever knows it.————————————PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSONNobody does it better’JEFFERY DEAVER’No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent – which is what Jim has, in spades’LEE CHILD’Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It’s what fires off the movie projector in the reader’s mind’MICHAEL CONNELLY’James Patterson is The Boss’IAN RANKIN’One of the greatest storytellers of all time’PATRICIA CORNWELLPatterson knows where our deepest fears are buried… there’s no stopping his imaginationNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWOne of the greatest storytellers of our timeDAILY MAIL