The Conviction (David Sloane Series #5)

by Robert Dugoni, Dan John Miller (Read by)

Overview

In this exhilarating legal thriller from Robert Dugoni, the #1 Kindle bestselling author of MY SISTER'S GRAVE, attorney David Sloane must take the law into his own hands to save his son from a corrupt juvenile detention center.

As David Sloane continues to piece his life back together in the wake of his wife's vicious murder, he also struggles to handle his difficult teenage son, Jake. Reeling from the loss of his mother, Jake's bad behavior escalates and his relationship with Sloane is pushed to the brink. When Sloane's old friend, Detective Tom Molia, recruits Sloane and Jake to join him and his son on a camping trip, Sloane sees the trip as an opportunity to repair their broken father/son bond.

But the trip takes a distressing turn when the boys are arrested for vandalism in the middle of the night and the local judge, Earl Boykin, hastily sentences them to the "Fresh Start" detention program in the middle of the wilderness. Jake soon realizes the facility has little interest in rehabilitating wayward youths, beginning what will prove to be a grueling ordeal.

Sloane's legal expertise is rendered useless in overturning the boys' conviction, as he discovers that Judge Boykin's power reaches far beyond the courtroom. Finding their legal options limited and their sons in mounting danger, Sloane and Molia will stop at nothing to rescue their boys...the law—and their own safety—be damned.

New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni is in top form in this riveting tale of risk and redemption.

"Dugoni is a superb storyteller, and his courtroom drama shines."—The Boston Globe

"Dugoni is knocking on the A-list legal-thriller door and can be expected to gain entrance sooner rather than later."—Booklist STARRED Review

"Serves up the perfect mix of action, emotion and courtroom drama, so much so that THE CONVICTION isn't just the best legal thriller of the year, it's one of the best thrillers period."—Author Magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611063875
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	04/30/2013
Series:	David Sloane Series , #5
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Robert Dugoni has practiced as a civil litigator in San Francisco and Seattle for more than twenty-five years and is a two-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest. He is the author of Murder One, Bodily Harm, Wrongful Death, The Jury Master, and co-author of The Cyanide Canary. Dugoni lives with his family in Seattle, Washington.

Dan John Miller, multiple Audie finalist and Earphones award winner, has been named as a “Best Voice” by AudioFile magazine. He has acted in several films including Walk the Line and Leatherheads, and is the singer and songwriter for gothic country rock band Blanche. Dan has lived his entire life in the Detroit area and is married to the painter Tracee Mae Miller.

Editorial Reviews

Improbable and clichéd action sequences mar bestseller Dugoni’s fifth thriller featuring legendary Seattle attorney David Sloane, “the lawyer who does not lose” (after 2011’s Murder One). Sloane’s 16-year-old adopted son, Jake, has been on a downward spiral since witnessing his mother’s murder. When Jake is arrested a second time for public intoxication, Sloane manages to persuade the court not to incarcerate him, but the reprieve is brief. On a family trip to Truluck, Calif., Jake and a friend, T.J. Molia, are busted for breaking into a store. When an unethical judge forces Jake and T.J. to plead guilty before Sloane can intervene, they wind up, in peril of their lives, at a sadistic boot camp. While justice from the system is not an option, some readers may wonder why the well-connected Sloane makes no effort to contact elected officials either in Washington State or in California for help as he and T.J.’s father race the clock to save the boys. Agent: Meg Ruley, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (June)

Publishers Weekly

One of the best legal thriller writers in the business unleashes another stellar effort. . . . The names John Grisham and Scott Turow are mentioned when discussing the legal thriller genre. Robert Dugoni is as good, if not better.” —Associated Press

“Dugoni is at his best in the action scenes, which are the foundation of his narrative. Fans of John Grisham and Scott Turow will be pleased with this offering.” —Library Journal

“An exhilarating story that is crisply written and full of unexpected plot twists.” —Tucson Citizen

“Serves up the perfect mix of action, emotion and courtroom drama, so much so that The Conviction isn’t just the best legal thriller of the year, it’s one of the best thrillers period.” —Author Magazine

“Dugoni moves the thrill into the courtroom. Think Grisham. Think Baldacci. Or think Dugoni.” —Asbury Park Press

From the Publisher

A legal thriller with more twists and turns than the lower intestine and as much coincidence and serendipity as a vintage episode of Law & Order. Dugoni continues his David Sloane series with this novel. Sloane is the attorney who can't lose: He wins in prime time, for the big money; he wins for small potatoes. The book opens in the courtroom, when Sloane secures the conditional release of his troubled adolescent son Jake. Sloane takes Jake away from L.A., the scene of his latest drunk and disorderly; grieving for his murdered mother, Jake needs help. Sloane accepts an offer from his old friend Tom Molia, veteran detective from West Virginia. Jake and David fly back to California to join Tom and his son T.J. for a camping excursion in fictitious Winchester County. Truluck, the imagined landmark town in the Gold Rush country of the Sierra foothills, is the setting for their disaster. Jake is sullen, suffers humiliation, and ropes the younger and overeager T.J. into his revenge fantasy. The boys get caught, and Judge Earl Boykin, local tyrant of historic proportions, sentences them to Fresh Start, a juvenile offender boot camp. The villains in charge of the camp favor reflective sunglasses and have an appetite for destruction. Peopled with the usual contingent of sadists and victims, the plot's fuse starts burning. Lawyer Sloane, Detective Molia and a posse of trusty associates skilled in the latest morally dubious investigative methods uncover a startling conspiracy. Unlike revenge, justice seems to be a dish best served warm, and pursuit is hot. The villains have rationalizations; their opponents have psyches and motives. A book that meets, sometimes exceeds, the expectations of the legal thriller.

Kirkus Reviews