the advocate: the advocate, book 1  <p>for sabre orin brown, life is good; she has it all...or would have, if only she could solve the mysterious disappearance of her brother. the search for her brother and her career as a juvenile-court attorney collide when she defends a nine-year-old whose father will go to any length to obtain custody. </p> <p>sabre finds herself immersed in a case with too many unanswered questions. her quest for the truth takes her coast to coast and five years into the past. confronted with mysterious clues and strange occurrences, sabre is threatened by someone wanting to make her suffer the unbearable anguish of losing everything - including her life. </p> <p>as sabre's passion to find the answers intensifies, she discovers a twisted history of desperation, deceit, and revenge. and she discovers how obscure and treacherous the truth can be. </p> <p><i>the advocate</i>, a legal-suspense murder mystery, is the first book in the advocate series. three characters continue throughout the series, sabre orin brown, defense attorney; her investigator, j.p. torn; and her colleague bob clark. <i>the advocate</i> is followed by <i>the advocate's betrayal</i></p> <i>, <i>the advocate's conviction</i>, <i>the advocate's dilemma</i>, and <i>the advocate's ex parte</i>.<p></p></i>