The Heart of Justice

From the Publisher

Hope Scott... She's a beautiful New York heiress who will do anything for love, including pulling strings with a ruthless power broker to advance her husband's judicial career. But she doesn't know the hidden price; a blackmail, the rape of her trust fund, and perhaps the ruin of her marriage.

Judge Paul Murray... He fought his way up from his working-class Irish roots to the Federal bench. Tough and honest, dedicated to the law, he relishes sitting on the case before to rival some of America's biggest corporate takeovers.

The heart of justice.. The outcome is worth billions, the tactics cutthroat, and suddenly, with the threatened exposure of a ruinous secret, everything Paul cares about is on the line--his marriage, his career, his reputation. Now faced with choices he never thought he'd have to make, he must confront what truly lies at the heart of justice...

With lighting dialogue and authentic courtroom action, William J. Coughlin, former prosecutor and bestselling author of In the Presence of Enemies and Shadow of a Doubt, spins another superb legal thriller filled with emotions on the fire, intellects at war, and an outcome exploding with excitement and surprise.

From The Critics

Library Journal This Information Age legal drama opens incongruously with the judge and his socialite wife interrupted in bed by a threatening telephone call. Extensive flashbacks into a world of political favors, corporate intrigue, and New York society follow. The judge proves incorruptible; the marriage continues happily; the lawyers make money, and the businesspeople all lose. In his dramatic reading, Dick Hill changes tone, pace, and pitch to bring conniving businesspeople, savvy lawyers, and the humane judge to life. However, abrupt changes in sound volume make road listening a bit annoying. Furthermore, this listener found the fuzzy, faraway sound quality added to denote telephone conversations obtrusive. Overall though, The Heart of Justice is an absorbing story. Recommended for large popular fiction collections.-Juleigh Muirhead Clark, Coll. of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va.