SummaryAuthor of the acclaimed novels Fatal Flaw, Bitter Truth,
and Hostile Witness, bestselling writer William Lashner
crafts dark, witty, engrossing tales of suspense involving
one of the most intriguing characters of modern popular
fiction: Victor Carl. A defense attorney who lives his life in shades of gray,
Victor Carl fights all the right fights for all the wrong
reasons. With a failing legal practice, a dead-end love
life, a pile of unpaid traffic tickets, and a talent for
mixing it up in tough working-class bars and sparring with
obstinate cops, Victor skates on the razor's edge of legal
ethics in search of the easy buck. But the one absolute in
Victor's life is loyalty, especially to a client -- even if
he happens to be dead. Like Joey Cheaps, a no-account who
takes a knife to the throat down on the waterfront, but not
before he shares with his lawyer his part in a terrible
crime. With his client murdered, Victor must search for a killer.
But solving the crime means investigating the darkest spot
in Joey Cheaps's misspent youth, sending Victor on a
twisting journey that leads to a missing suitcase stuffed
with money, photographs of a mysterious naked woman, and a
Supreme Court justice with a secret to hide. And most
dangerous of all, Victor steps into the crosshairs of a
vengeful enemy with a past full of pain and a taste for
blood. As thrilling as it is darkly evocative, Past Due is a
superb tale of crime and justice that takes the intrepid
Victor Carl into brilliant new territory and confirms
William Lashner's place among the top suspense writers of
our time.
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