description: Here is a tour de force courtroom drama from one of America's premier mystery thriller writers. When attorney Barbara Holloway agrees to take a murder case, she discovers that incompetent lawyers and a smear campaign from the press threaten to let the real killer go free.The neighborhood in Eugene, Oregon, is blue-collar; the cafe holds only three tables and four booths. But it's the only place attorney Barbara Holloway feels both productive and peaceful. Laptop computer on the table, coffee refilled regularly by the cook, Barbara gets her work done and wants for nothing more...certainly not another explosive, emotionally devastating courtroom case.Until a woman comes to Barbara with a case she cannot refuse. The sister of "Baby Killer" Kennerman, the tale she tells is so terrifying that Barbara must act. What she unearths is a corrupt conspiracy that will allow a killer to walk away free. And when she finds herself up against a smear campaign of unimaginable proportions, Barbara Holloway realizes that even the best defense may not be enough....
language: English
title: The Best Defense
titlecomplete: The Best Defense (Barbara Holloway #2)
characters: Barbara Holloway
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Murder Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Audiobook, Adult, Crime, Legal Thriller, Suspense
ratings_count: 1629
places: Eugene, Oregon
series: Barbara Holloway
publisher: Severn House Publishers