Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-chargedmurder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair systemas they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci.Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never doneanything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with brutally killing an elderly and wealthy whitecouple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough toprevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client.And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he realizes that what is at stake isfar greater than the outcome of a murder trial.Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to Freeman County andenters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against thebest prosecutor in the Commonwealth. Yet DuBose is also aware that powerfuloutside forces are at work to blunt the victories achieved by the Civil Rights era.Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can stop theprosecution’s deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the electric chair. Buttogether, the pair fight for what once seemed impossible: a chance for a fair trial and true justice
