Breach of Trust (Berkley Prime Crime Mysteries)

James Drinker is a bit of an oddball. A funny-looking, geeky loner, he walks into Jason Kolarichs office one day with a preemptive concern: two women have recently been murdered, seemingly by the same killer, and Drinker thinks he will be the polices main suspect. One woman was his ex-girlfriend, he says, and the other was a friend. Hes the only link between the victims and he has no alibi for the night of either murder—surely the police will realize it soon. Believing hes the target of a frame-up, Drinker hires Kolarich for his defense.

Something about James Drinker seems off from the start, but Kolarich doesnt give it too much thought. Until another murder occurs. And then another. And as he begins to probe his clients life and story more closely, it quickly becomes clear that nothing about James Drinker is what it seems . . . and that the target of the frame-up isnt Drinker, but Kolarich.

Unable to stop a serial killer—and prove his own innocence—without breaking his sworn attorney-client privilege, Jason Kolarich must hunt for the truth about James Drinker, the series of brutal murders, and why hes been set up to take the fall. The answers will be beyond anything he could have imagined.

Jason Kolarich is in a bad way—physically wounded and emotionally wrecked after his last case, he’s selfmedicating with prescription painkillers, too much alcohol, and brief affairs. When one of these affairs turns sour, Kolarich is left fending off the advances of a beautiful, nefarious woman who may be more than she appears. . . .

And Kolarich’s next client isn’t going to make life any easier. Marshall Renfro is the prime suspect in a string of serial murders, and hires Kolarich as his defender. In a privileged attorney-client setting, Renfro discloses his many sins. Soon afterward, Renfro disappears, leaving behind a wake of mayhem for which Kolarich is now the police’s main person of interest . . . including a killing to which he is intimately connected.

Faced with a murder charge and unable to prove his own innocence without breaking his oath, Kolarich must hunt to learn the truth about Renfro, the series of brutal killings, and why he’s been set up to take the fall. The answers will be beyond anything he could have imagined.

Jason Kolarich is in a bad way—physically wounded and emotionally wrecked after his last case, he’s selfmedicating with prescription painkillers, too much alcohol, and brief affairs. When one of these affairs turns sour, Kolarich is left fending off the advances of a beautiful, nefarious woman who may be more than she appears. . . .

And Kolarich’s next client isn’t going to make life any easier. Marshall Renfro is the prime suspect in a string of serial murders, and hires Kolarich as his defender. In a privileged attorney-client setting, Renfro discloses his many sins. Soon afterward, Renfro disappears, leaving behind a wake of mayhem for which Kolarich is now the police’s main person of interest . . . including a killing to which he is intimately connected.

Faced with a murder charge and unable to prove his own innocence without breaking his oath, Kolarich must hunt to learn the truth about Renfro, the series of brutal killings, and why he’s been set up to take the fall. The answers will be beyond anything he could have imagined.