First published 2013
Mary DiNunzio celebrates her new partnership at Rosato & Associates when an unexpected client walks through the door. Allegra Gardner is thirteen years old, brilliant, and obsessed with bees. She's also convinced that Lonnie Stall didn't murder her sister Fiona six years ago. The evidence seemed ironclad back then. Lonnie was spotted running from the scene. Blood evidence linked him to the victim. He even confessed to the crime. But Allegra has spent years studying the case and believes the wrong man sits in prison. Her wealthy, influential parents want the past buried. They refuse to support reopening a case that brought their family nothing but pain. Mary knows taking on this fight means battling one of the country's most powerful families. The firm has built its reputation defending underdogs, but this case could destroy them. As Mary digs deeper into the old evidence, she must decide whether a child's conviction about injustice is worth risking everything she's worked to achieve.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, legal-thriller
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, underdog
Setting: Rosato & Associates
Period: Six Years Ago
368 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press