Facts and Lies($12.04Value)

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What happens when the checks and balances are gone? Who guards us from the guards? Susan Sinclair is a respected federal judge. She is presiding over the criminal trial of billionaire C. Kevin Smith. But some very powerful people want the Smith case to go away. On the eve of trial, an intruder breaks into her home. He leaves a note and a flash drive containing adult videos of Susan from decades earlier. The note tells her to throw out the case or the videos will be made public. The blackmail investigation is assigned to Marlon Grimes and Jana Berry, deputies with the Division of Special Investigations of the U.S. Marshal’s service. They are experts at handling sensitive cases. But Smith is a close friend of the president, and the president and his inner circle now control the Attorney General, the FBI, the Justice Department, and a majority of the Supreme Court justices. Whoever wants the Smith case to go away also wants to block the blackmail investigation. Marlon and Jana thus find themselves standing alone against these forces—their own government—plus former military contractors and dirty tricks specialists recruited by the president’s advisors . . . and the mission to solve the case becomes a quest to survive. Written by a former law enforcement legal advisor, prosecutor, and judge, Facts and Lies is a novel of our times, a dystopian insight into the need to control government power. Fast-paced, with relatable characters (including a strong female protagonist), it features authentic depictions of police procedures and investigative techniques, forensics, and the criminal law. Trigger warning: Mild sex scenes, some profanity, brutal in places.