A terrorist explosion rocks a peaceful Ohio community and triggers a nationwide manhunt. A teenage girl is accused of concealing her pregnancy then killing her newborn baby. A Machiavellian political operative will stop at nothing in his quest to re-elect his ailing client and so advance his own career. What do these divergent strands snatched from today's headlines have in common? With one client dead and another's life hanging in the balance, defense attorney Danial Solomon must unravel this Gordian knot before... In this masterful sequel to the 2001 Pulitzer Prize nominate book, A Trial of Innocents, Michael Swiger combines a tense, twisty thriller with a penetrating commentary on political corruption and the ambiguities of the American justice system. Swiger lays bare the ambitions and fears of healers, killers, and betrayers. He proves once again that no reader can outguess a master storyteller.