After Dark

SUMMARY: Gone, But Not Forgotten rocketed Phillip Margolin into the select company of million-selling novelists. Here he displays again the same genius for best-selling suspense in another intricate, breathtaking thriller of multiple murder in the legal community of the Pacific Northwest. Laura Rizzati, a law clerk for Oregon Supreme Court Justice Robert Griffen, is found slain late one night in the deserted courthouse. Her office is ransacked—but nothing seems to be missing. There are no suspects and no clues. The following month Griffen himself is killed by a car bomb in the driveway of his Portland home. This time, though, there is a suspect: in a shocking turn of events, Abigail Griffen, star prosecutor in the Multnomah County District Attorney's office and estranged wife of Justice Griffen, is charged with first degree murder.With the same gripping suspense that drove Gone, But Not Forgotten onto the bestseller lists, this is a complex legalthriller with a truly startling ending.From the Paperback edition. Laura Rizzatti, a law clerk for Oregon Supreme Court Justice Robert Griffen, is found slain late one night in the deserted courthouse. Her office has been ransacked - but nothing seems to be missing. There are no suspects and no clues. The following month Justice Griffen himself is killed by a car bomb in the driveway of his Portland home. This time, though, there is a suspect: In a shocking turn of events, Abigail Griffen, star prosecutor in the Multnomah County district attorney's office and estranged wife of Justice Griffen, is charged with first-degree murder. Abbie hires Matthew Reynolds, a legendary attorney who specializes in death-penalty defenses, to represent her. Reynolds is assisted by Tracy Cavanaugh, a young lawyer who had clerked with Laura Rizzatti on the Supreme Court. As Tracy investigates the Griffen case for Reynolds, she stumbles upon information that initially makes her think the Griffen and Rizzatti murders are related; she soon finds further evidence that hints of serious corruption on the Court. Ultimately, though, as she pieces the puzzle together, Tracy begins to suspect she's uncovered a plot so bizarre that she is no longer sure whom to trust, or where to turn. Meanwhile, Matthew Reynolds is confident of winning Abbie's case and setting her free... A Judge In Oregon Is Killed By A Bomb Which Bears The Hallmark Of A Killer He Set Free. Such Ingratitude Puzzles Police. Why Him, Why Not Her, Meaning The Judge's Wife, A Lawyer Who Convicted The Killer. Or Was This Her Doing, A Way Of Saving $2 Million In Alimony? Phillip Margolin. A top county prosecutor from Oregon is accused of murdering her estranged husband, Justice Robert Griffen, soon after the mysterious death of Griffen's female law clerk. By the author of Gone, But Not Forgotten. A ROLLER COASTER RIDE OF LEGAL SUSPENSE THAT BEGINS WITH A PAIR OF SEEMINGLY UNRELATED MURDERS