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In this gripping, high-octane legal thriller by critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni, a father steps outside the law and does whatever it takes to save his son, trapped in a juvenile detention center from hell.
In this gripping, high-octane thriller by critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni, a father takes the law into his own hands to save his son, trapped in a juvenile detention center from hell.
L awyer David Sloane is desperate to get through to his troubled teenage son Jake. Still reeling from the devastating loss of his mother in a brutal murder, Jake has spiraled out of control and Sloane has barely been able to keep him out of jail. So when his old friend, detective Tom Molia, suggests that they take their sons on a guys-only camping trip, Sloane gratefully accepts.
What Sloane imagines will be the perfect excursion turns into a horrifying nightmare when the boys are arrested for vandalizing a general store late at night while their fathers are asleep. The next morning, before Sloane and Molia even realize they're gone, their sons are tried, convicted, and sentenced by the presiding judge to six months in the county wilderness detention camp, Fresh Start. For the teenagers, a grueling physical and psychological ordeal begins.
As Sloane fights the conviction against the boys, he discovers that local judge Earl Boykin's authority seems to extend far beyond the confines of his courtroom. Meanwhile, on the inside, Jake is forced to grow up quickly and soon learns the hard way that this detention center has a very different purpose than rehabilitating troubled youths.
With their legal options exhausted, Sloane and Molia will do anything to save their sons--even mount a daring rescue operation that could win the boys their freedom . . . or cost all of them their lives.
Author Notes
Robert Dugoni graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a degree in journalism and clerked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times before obtaining his doctorate of jurisprudence from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law.
He practiced as a civil litigator in San Francisco and Seattle for 17 years. In 1999 he left the full-time practice of law to return to writing.
He is the author of the popular David Sloane series of books and the Tracy Crosswhite series.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Improbable and cliched action sequences mar bestseller Dugoni's fifth thriller featuring legendary Seattle attorney David Sloane, "the lawyer who does not lose" (after 2011's Murder One). Sloane's 16-year-old adopted son, Jake, has been on a downward spiral since witnessing his mother's murder. When Jake is arrested a second time for public intoxication, Sloane manages to persuade the court not to incarcerate him, but the reprieve is brief. On a family trip to Truluck, Calif., Jake and a friend, T.J. Molia, are busted for breaking into a store. When an unethical judge forces Jake and T.J. to plead guilty before Sloane can intervene, they wind up, in peril of their lives, at a sadistic boot camp. While justice from the system is not an option, some readers may wonder why the well-connected Sloane makes no effort to contact elected officials either in Washington State or in California for help as he and T.J.'s father race the clock to save the boys. Agent: Meg Ruley, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Library Journal Review
How could the trend toward privatization in the financially troubled state of California affect due process? This is the question Dugoni brings to light in his fifth legal thriller (after The Jury Master) chronicling the exploits of Seattle-based attorney David Sloane. While on a camping trip in the Sierras, Sloane's teenaged stepson, Jake, and a companion are arrested and sent to the Fresh Start Youth Training Facility without benefit of legal counsel or parental presence. What follows is a fast-paced account of both Jake's harrowing experiences at the militaristic detention center and David's ferocious use of the legal system to extricate Jake from the control of a sinister judge and the powerful cadre of law enforcement officials and private citizens who have brought Fresh Start to their county. Verdict Though explanations of Sloane's legal maneuvers and strategies tend to slow the pace on occasion, Dugoni is at his best in the action scenes, which are the foundation of his narrative. Fans of John Grisham and Scott Turow will be pleased with this offering.-Nancy McNicol, Hamden P.L., CT (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.