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New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin returns with A REASONABLE DOUBT, a new legal thriller in which a magician linked to three murders and suspicious deaths years ago disappears in the middle of his new act.
Robin Lockwood is a young criminal defense attorney and partner in a prominent law firm in Portland, Oregon. A former MMA fighter and Yale Law graduate, she joined the firm of legal legend Regina Barrister not long before Regina retired due to early onset Alzheimer’s. One of Regina’s former clients, Robert Chesterfield, shows up in the law office with an odd request—he’s seeking help from his old attorney in acquiring patent protection for an illusion. Chesterfield is a professional magician and he has a major new trick he’s about to debut. When Robin looks into his previous relationship with the firm, she learns that twenty years ago he was arrested for two murders, one attempted murder, and was involved in the potentially suspicious death of his very rich wife. At the time, Regina Barrister defended him with ease, after which he resumed his career as a magician in Las Vegas. Now, decades later, he debuts his new trick—only to disappear at the end. He’s a man with more than one dark past and many enemies—is his disappearance tied to one of the many people who have good reason to hate him? Was he killed and his body disposed of, or did he use his considerable skills to engineer his own disappearance?
About Phillip: Phillip Margolin grew up in New York City and Levittown, New York. He graduated from the New York University Scool of Law in 1970 and soon took a job as a clerk with the Chief Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals. From 1972 until 1996, Margolin was in private practice specializing in criminal defense at the trial and appellate levels. As an appellate attorney he has appeared before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Oregon Supreme Court and the Oregon Court of Appeals. As a trial attorney, Margolin handled a variety of criminal cases in state and federal court and represented approximately 30 people charged with homicide, including several who faced the death penalty. Margolin’s first novel Heartstone was nominated for an Edgar for best original paperback mystery of 1978 by the Mystery Writers of America. His second, The Last Innocent Man, was made into an HBO movie starring Ed Harris. Since 1996, Margolin has been writing full-time.