A Lingering Doubt

by Warwick Downing

Jack Bard's an old war-horse in horn-rimmed glasses, whose three decades at the bar have failed to quench his belief in justice. Keane Williams is a smooth-faced, smooth-talking lawyer from the National Association of Special Prosecutors, on the way to becoming California's Attorney General. Williams has convinced a jury that the murder case against Bard's client is airtight. But the knot in Bard's gut tells another story: Bard knows his client is innocent.

When Jack Bard gave Drusus Church a job as a messenger, the black youth--against all odds--was turning his life around. Then he was pinned with two murders, and all his dreams came crashing down. Now Bard's got three days to find more evidence to persuade the jury to forgo the death penalty. And if Bard doesn't uncover the stubborn truth, he'll be burying more than a young man's hopes . . .

309 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 1993