num_pages: 480
description: A thoroughly entertaining page-turner.--Phillip MargolinLeeman Hayes a black teenager in Tulsa is accused of brutally murdering a young woman. As attorney Ben Kincaid struggles to pull together a defense a young boy is falling into the clutches of a child molester. Ten-year-old Abie Rutherford lonely and desperate for approval thinks the handsome smiling stranger in the baseball cap might be that friend he has longed for.When Abie Rutherford vanishes without a trace one hot summer day Ben Kincaid like everyone else in Tulsa fears the worst. Then a bone-chilling discovery compels Ben to forge a link between the missing boy and the seemingly hopeless case of Leeman Hayes--thereby igniting the fuse for the most explosive courtroom case of Ben's career.An enthralling murder mystery . . . The ending is both surprising and explosive.--The Sunday Oklahoman
language: English
title: Cruel Justice
publisher: Ballantine Books