TY - BOOK AU - Patterson,James AU - Allen,Nancy TI - The no. 1 lawyer SN - 9781529136401 U1 - 813.6 23 PY - 2024/// CY - London PB - Century KW - Spouses KW - Crimes against KW - Fiction KW - Suspects (Criminal investigation) KW - Murder KW - Trials (Murder) KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - lcgft KW - Legal fiction (Literature) N1 - "The best in the game is about to lose it all."--Cover N2 - Stafford Lee Penney is the best defence lawyer in Mississippi - he's never lost a case. Until now. Hot on the heels of his latest courtroom victory, his wife is brutally murdered. Devastated, Stafford Lee spirals into a losing streak that forces to abandon his once brilliant career. But his wife's killer is still on the loose and they seem determined to frame Stafford Lee for their crimes. Rising from rock bottom, he makes a bold return to court - to defend himself in the biggest murder trial this town has ever seen. Stafford Lee must crack the toughest case of his career. And this time, it's personal ER -