{"product_id":"the-third-victim-1","title":"The Third Victim","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Margolin continues his return to the exceptional form of his early novels with this gripping, tightly plotted, and smoothly written legal thriller... A winner from a veteran genre author.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \"master of heart-pounding suspense\" returns with a brand new series and a USA Today bestseller \u003c\/i\u003eThe Third Victim\u003ci\u003e is \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Times\u003ci\u003e bestseller Phillip Margolin at his very best.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman stumbles onto a dark road in rural Oregon--tortured, battered, and bound. She tells a horrific story about being kidnapped, then tortured, until she finally managed to escape. She was the lucky one--two other women, with similar burns and bruises, were found dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The surviving victim identifies the house where she was held captive and the owner, Alex Mason--a prominent local attorney--is arrested. Although he loudly insists upon his innocence, his wife's statements about his sexual sadism and the physical evidence found at the scene, his summer home, is damning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Regina Barrister is a legendary criminal defense attorney, known as \"The Sorceress\" for her courtroom victories. But she's got a secret, one that threatens her skill, her reputation, and, most of all, her clients. And she's agreed to take on the seemingly impossible task of defending Alex Mason. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robin Lockwood, a young lawyer and former MMA fighter, has just left a clerkship at the Oregon Supreme Court to work for Regina Barrister. The Alex Mason trial is her first big one, a likely death penalty case, and she's second chair to Regina. Increasingly, she's worried her boss's behavior and the details in the case against their client don't quite add up.","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50804467368168,"sku":"9781250118868","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/9539\/3512\/files\/imageloader_4dec6f77-de26-45b0-abc3-fa6629432ec4.jpg?v=1790299813","url":"https:\/\/kuumba-47muwsn1.myshopify.com\/products\/the-third-victim-1","provider":"Kuumba","version":"1.0","type":"link"}