Title: Hostile witness
First published: 2004
Description: When sixteen-year-old Hannah Sheraton is arrested for the murder of her stepgrandfather, a California Supreme Court justice, her distraught mother turns to once infamous defense attorney, Josie Bates. Now a small town lawyer in Hermosa Beach, Josie wants nothing to do with the case since the gruesome evidence points to Hannah's guilt. When the girl is charged as an adult, Josie can't turn her back.
Subjects: Murder, Stepfamilies, Fiction, Defense (Criminal procedure), Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Places: California (Southern)
People: Hannah Sheraton (fictional character), Linda Sheraton (fictional character), Fritz Rayburn (fictional character), Kip Rayburn (fictional character), Josie Bates (fictional character), Archer (fictional character), Rudy Klein (fictional character)
LC classification: CPB Box no. 2144 vol. 16