But in the middle of the campaign, a fellow prosecutor named Carolyn Polhemus turns up murdered. Rusty is handling the investigation, despite the fact he had been having a secret affair with Carolyn, and before too long, he finds that he has become the police’s chief suspect. This is a male-dominated story, but it’s also a complex mystery and one of the most enduring legal thrillers in the genre (that wasn’t written by John Grisham.)