Title: The 13th juror
Description: A legal thriller featuring a battered San Francisco wife accused of shooting both her husband and her seven-year-old son. When the trial opens she refuses to allow a defense of spousal abuse because of its implication of guilt. Which presents her lawyer, the narrator, with a major problem as the prosecution claims she killed the husband for the insurance. By the author of Hard Evidence.
Subjects: Dismas Hardy (Fictitious character), Fiction, Suspense fiction
Places: San Francisco (Calif.)