A preacher is found brutally murdered in a Tennessee motel room.
A beautiful, mysterious young girl is accused.
In this bestselling debut, criminal defense lawyer Joe Dillard has transform jaded through the years as he is tried to balance his career against his moral sense. Savvy but cynical, Dillard wants to quit doing criminal defense, but he can’t withstand the chance to represent someone who might in truth be innocent. His drug-addicted sister has just been released from prison and his mother is succumbing to Alzheimer’s, but Dillard’s commitment to the case never wavers despite the personal troubles and professional demands that threaten to destroy him.
“Pratt’s richly developed characters are vivid and believable, especially the strong Southern women who fight their male-dominated culture from in the back of a facade of vulnerability in this brilliantly executed debut.” — Publisher’s WeeklySmart and sophisticated, with a plot twist in order to leave you shaking your head in wonder,
An Innocent Client — the first in the acclaimed Joe Dillard series — will also leave you begging for more.“It’s Scott Turow and Grisham… The opening chapter is maybe the most compelling I’ve read in a decade.” – Ken Bruen, bestselling writer of The Guards“Pratt knows what he is doing and it shows.” – Alafair Burke, acclaimed writer of
The Wife
