Burden of Truth (Cass Leary Legal Thriller Series Book 1)

When a former mob lawyer returns home to her small Michigan town, she finds herself at the center of a shocking murder trial.Cass Leary thought she’d escaped her hometown for good. But after the big life she’s built in Chicago crumbles, she’s forced to revisit her troubled past and come back home. No sooner has she hung her shingle before someone murders the beloved high school basketball coach. When Cass steps in to defend the girl accused of the crime, she doesn’t expect the death threats that follow…Confronting the town that shunned her as a child, she unearths secrets that some would kill to keep buried. And after her client confesses to the crime, Cass detects a widespread cover-up. If she doesn’t get to the bottom of it soon, the next casualties may be the ones she loves…To defend her client, she must dig up a town’s darkest secrets.Burden of Truth is the first book in series of high-stakes legal thrillers. If you like blood-pumping action, compelling characters, and twisted crime conspiracies, then you’ll love Robin James’s dark mystery. Read more