Kate Wilhelm

By Stone, by Blade, by Fire (Barbara Holloway Mysteries) Kate Wilhelm Unabridged edition

[Read by Carrington MacDuffie]

The case against young Travis Morgan is simple: he walked into his father's house and shot the man at his desk in front of two witnesses. The fact that the murdered man was not his father is immaterial: he still killed a man in cold blood. Although he admits to a passionate hatred and fear of his father, Travis swears he is innocent.

This is the case attorney Barbara Holloway is presented with. The trouble is she believes Travis, even though the eyewitness accounts appear irrefutable. As Barbara digs deeper, the case explodes into a dangerous conspiracy, causing Frank, Barbara's father and part-time associate, to hire a bodyguard to protect her.

Arguing before a judge who seems to want nothing more than to end the trial and retire, Barbara forces incendiary exchanges with Travis' father, the Reverend Morgan -- exchanges that shock the community and rattle the judge, who threatens to remove her from the case.