Chapter Fifty-Seven
Chapter Fifty-Eight
Chapter Fifty-Nine
Chapter Sixty
Chapter Sixty-One
Chapter Sixty-Two
Chapter Sixty-Three
Chapter Sixty-Four
Chapter Sixty-Five
Chapter Sixty-Six
Chapter Sixty-Seven
Chapter Sixty-Eight
Chapter Sixty-Nine
Chapter Seventy
Chapter Seventy-One
Thanks
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Novels By Joel Goldman
Copyright
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joel Goldman is an Edgar and Shamus nominated author who was a trial lawyer for twenty-eight years. He wrote his first thriller after one of his partners complained about another partner and he decided to write a mystery, kill the son-of-a-bitch off in the first chapter and spend the rest of the book figuring out who did it. No longer practicing law, he offices at Starbucks and lives in Kansas City with his wife and two dogs.
NOVELS BY JOEL GOLDMAN
Motion to Kill
The Last Witness
Cold Truth
Deadlocked
Shakedown
The Dead Man
No Way Out
Shakedown
If you like the knockout suspense of Michael Connelly and the gritty "who done its" by Linda Fairstein, you'll love Joel Goldman's Shakedown!
"Goldman tells a story at a breakneck pace…"
—Kansas City Star
"A killer identified via a fleeting facial expression and behavioral cues turns a middle-agend FBI agent dealing with a disruptive disability into an unexpected hero in Goldman's latest terrific thriller."
—Publisher's Weekly
When FBI Agent Jack Davis investigates a mass murder, a leak of crucial information and his imploding personal life throw him into the ultimate danger zone – where truth lies at the heart of betrayal.
Need a thrill pill? Take Shakedown and stay up all night!
"Shakedown is a really fine novel. Joel Goldman has got it locked and loaded and full of the blood of character and the gritty details that make up the truth. Page for page, I loved it."
"Shakedown is a chillingly realistic crime novel – it's fast-paced, smartly plotted, and a gripping read to the very last page. Joel Goldman explores – with an insider's eye – a dark tale of murder and betrayal."
—Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author
James Patterson fan's - take off on a rocket-fueled suspense ride with Shakedown, the first book in the Jack Davis Thriller series by Joel Goldman.
Motion To Kill
Lee Child and Michael Connelly recommend Motion To Kill! If you like the action, suspense and excitement in their books, you'll love Motion To Kill!
"The story line never skips a beat. Fans will set in motion a plea for Mr. Goldman to return with more Mason (Lou not Perry) legal thrillers."
—Harriett Klausner
"Lou Mason is still the sexy, brilliant but flawed counselor who is thrown into chaos and finds order. The plot leads you to the edge like the thrilling Yungas cliff road in Bolivia."
—Elizabeth Wenig
When two of his partners are killed, corruption, sex and murder fill trial lawyer Lou Mason's docket as he tracks the killer. Will Lou be the next victim? Found out in Motion To Kill, the action-packed, can't-put-it-down first book in the Lou Mason thriller series!
"Joel Goldman is the real deal!"
—John Lescroart, Bestselling author of the Dismas Hardy thriller series.
"A real page-turner with plenty of action and many surprising twists and turns along the way driven by the wise-cracking protagonist and a great supporting cast."
—David A. Berman
"The plot races forward."
—Amarillo Globe-News
The Last Witness
If you love the twists, turns and suspense of John Grisham, you'll love The Last Witness!
"Fast, furious and thoroughly enjoyable, The Last Witness is classic and classy noir for our time, filled with great characters and sharp, stylish writing."
—Jeffery Deaver, author of The Vanished Man and The Stone Monkey
"The Last Witness is an old fashioned, '40s, tough guy detective story set in modern times. There's a lot of action, loads of suspects, and plenty of snappy dialogue. It's a fun read from beginning to end."
—Phillip Margolin, author of The Associate and Wild Justice
Lou Mason is back and this time it's personal when his surrogate father, Homicide Detective Harry Ryman, arrests his best friend, Wilson "Blues" Bluestone, Jr., for murder. Mason unearths secrets someone will do anything to keep as he closes in on a desperate killer, setting himself up as the next target. Goldman goes Grisham one better!
"Joel Goldman has written another fast-paced legal thriller. Find a comfortable chair and plan to stay up late."
—Sheldon Siegel, Author of The Special Circumstances and Criminal Inten
"The Last Witness is a legal thriller written the way criminal law should be practiced: from the gut…one of the premier crime novels of the year."
—Jeremiah Healy, author of Turnabout and Spiral
Move over John Grisham! Joel Goldman is in the courthouse!
THE DEAD MAN
JOEL GOLDMAN
Copyright © 2009 Joel Goldman
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This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination, or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or events is entirely coincidental.