Natural Suspect Author:William Bernhardt (Editor) Natural Suspect: a collaborative novel of suspense. — Each chapter after the first (by Bernhardt) is written by a different (but uncredited) author. — William Bernhardt, Leslie Glass, Gini Hartzmark, John Katzenbach, John Lescroart, Bonnie MacDougal, Phillip Margolin, Brad Meltzer, Michael Palmer, Lisa Scottol... more »ine, Laurence Shames.
Arthur Hightower made a name for himself and a vast fortune in the oil business. But when the volatile tycoon decides to disinherit his spoiled children and cheating wife, he makes the biggest mistake of his life - and thelast. After declaring his intentions, Hightower turns up on Thanksgiving Day, clubbed to death and stuffed in a meat locker, clutching a frozen asset-his wife’s precious pearl necklace. Now Julia Hightower stands charged with the cold-as-ice crime of murdering for millions. While the sensational trial has New York in a frenzy, a curious cast of characters face off in and out of the courtroom.
. . . Devin McGee, a small-time lawyer about to hit the big-time defending Julia Hightower-- if her intimate encounter with the prosecutor doesn’t catch up with her;
. . . Trent Ballard, the quirky assistant D.A., who owns a huge pet rabbit and thinks his tryst with Devin will help him get a conviction;
. . . Patrick Roswell, a wannabe reporter sitting on a scoop that could turn the trial upside-down, unless a scalpel-wielding clown decides to kill the story-- and Patrick;
. . . Sissy Hightower, Julia's sex-crazed, air-headed daughter-in-law, who has a suitcase full of secrets;
. . . Robert S. Rutledge, a powerful Wall Street warrior with a lot riding on the Hightower verdict-- and a lot to learn about messing with the wrong people;
. . . and Cordelia, the mystery woman that everyone seems to know.
All are in for the trial of their lives -- but who among them is the trueNatural Suspect?« less