num_pages: 9
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
titlecomplete: Cruel Justice (The Ben Kincaid Series, 5th in the Justice Series)
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Legal Thriller
ratings_count: 1111
places: Tulsa, Oklahoma
series: Ben Kincaid
publisher: Books on Tape