Silent Witness

Name: Silent Witness
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Richard North Patterson
ISBN: 9780375418150

Author: Richard North Patterson

Narrator: Boyd Gaines

Abridged: 3 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 07/04/2000

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

Attorney Tony Lord left his hometown and the bitter memories of his girlfriend's murder behind. Now, twenty-eight years later, he's pulled back to Lake City to defend his closest high school friend against a charge of homicide.

Sam Robb, the married father of two, is a local football legend. But he was also the last to see sixteen-year-old Marcie Calder alive, and as shocking forensic evidence at the trial reveals, he is the father of her unborn child.

Probing the darkest recesses of love and friendship, Lord will discover things too disturbing to ignore--that Sam wasn't the only one in Lake City with a motive for killing Marcie, that small-town secrets can hide devastating betrayals, and that the past has a way of repeating itself . . . even in murder.

About The Author

Richard North Patterson’s eleven novels include seven consecutive international bestsellers; critics compared his most recent novel, Protect and Defend, to such novels as Allen Drury’s Advise and Consent and Gore Vidal’s Lincoln. Formerly a trial lawyer, Mr. Patterson served as the SEC’s liaison to the Watergate Special Prosecutor, and is now on the boards of several Washington-based advocacy groups dealing with gun violence, political reform, and reproductive rights. He lives with his wife, Laurie, and their family on Martha’s Vineyard.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelsy on June 30, 2019

I finished reading this book last night and I am still caught up in the emotions this book left me with. I picked this book up at the library by accident, hoping to find a thriller/mystery written by the other famous Patterson but I'm so glad I did! This book is not one I will soon forget. It is not......more

Goodreads review by Sushi (寿司) on April 25, 2019

E siamo giunti al 25° libro e alla fine di Aprile manca una settinana. Questo è un bel librone. L'unica sua pecca, ma non gli tolgo una stella, è che parte un po' lentamente nella prima parte ma poi ingrana di brutto. Davvero un bel libro. Uno di quei libri che tengono sospesi per sapere chi è l'ass......more

Goodreads review by Carol on June 15, 2018

I had never read a Richard North Patterson novel before...but am so glad that this one caught my eye. His work is outstanding. So much so that I believe he will join the ranks of my favorite mystery writers. I really enjoyed the book. The story was well told making it a "page turner" I had worked ou......more

Goodreads review by Marti on July 03, 2016

This is 578 pages in paperback, about two friends whose lives include the murder of two women and how the truth comes out in the end. Lots of suspence......more

Goodreads review by Ruthiella on August 25, 2019

I read this because a co-worker loaned it to me. It is a legal thriller along the lines of John Grisham or Scott Turow. The star lawyer is Tony Lord who comes back to his home town to defend his high school best friend from a murder charge. Tony left Lake City at 18 after himself having been accused......more

Quotes

"This generation's best writer of legal thrillers . . . His strongest fiction to date."
--Entertainment Weekly

"Enthralling . . . The denouement is powerful."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Intense courtroom drama . . . As startling as the bang of a gavel."
--People

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