When a Chinese immigrant stands trial for the murder of a beautiful young woman, Judge Daniel Barr knows the legal deck is stacked against the defendant. He speaks little English and doesn't understand what's happening to him. The victim is the teenage granddaughter of a U.S. Senator. And the ominous suggestion that the killer is a jury member sends shivers down Barr's spine.
Malcolm Cook MacPherson was an American national and foreign correspondent for Newsweek magazine and the author of numerous fiction and nonfiction books.