The Lies of Saints (Nick Barrett Charleston series Book 3)
Out of the Shadows: Nick Barrett, Book 1 (Unabridged)
Murder follows murder while the officers attempt to unravel a thread of deceit that stretches across three generations. As they get closer to the truth, they learn that their investigation threatens to expose a cover up at the highest level of collegiate football. And they learn that although blood may be thicker than water, money is thicker than blood.
In this crackling thriller, the CIA, in partnership with a major drug company, develops a drug to induce Alzheimer's disease and uses it to neutralize enemies of the CIA. When an agent threatens to blow the whistle on the project, he falls prey to the disease, but not before he provides proof of the scheme to his son, who takes up the battle for him. The son enlists the aid of a country lawyer, a former Texas Ranger and a beautiful medical researcher as he fights for his life against powerful forces that will resort to any means to keep secret the Alzheimer's conspiracy.
When a politically-motivated district attorney brings capital murder charges against a man-child, an aging uncle of the accused takes up his defense, recruiting a recovering alcoholic detective and another lawyer with his own demons to find out what really happened at the compost pile.
They come to suspect a conspiracy among members of the small community, a conspiracy not to railroad the accused, but to substitute in his place a prominent local personality, one whose past makes him deserving of a finding of guilt. The Compost Pile is a tale of the blinding power of love,which motivates those in its grip to do whatever is necessary to make things right, even if justice be damned.
The Compost Pile is the eighth legal thriller by attorney-author Stephen Woodfin. Woodfin is also a proprietor at Venture Galleries, a popular Internet site which connects readers, writers and books. Out of the Shadows: Nick Barrett, Book 1: Crippled in an accident that costs him everything he holds dear, Nick returns from global wanderings years later determined to discover the shattering truth about his past and to extract revenge A Crown of Thorns: Nick Barrett Mysteries, Book 2: His reluctant investigation collides with a woman desperate to free herself and her child from a cult.
"The Lies of Saints" - Book Review
As the web of deceit widens, Nick unearths a secret hidden beneath the surface of Charleston's high society. The Lies of Saints: Layered mystery with great characters Cons: None The Bottom Line: I've loved Sigmund Brouwer's books for years.
But for some reason, I let these books sit on my shelf unread. That was a mistake because, like almost everything he has written, these books are wonderful. Nick is from a wealthy family in Charleston , South Carolina. But wealth doesn't protect from murder and other vices, and once again Nick finds himself seeking out the sins that his high society peers are trying to keep secret.
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The two are friends, and Kellie asks Nick to help her close out a case she was working. That case involves the 25 year old disappearance of Victoria Sebastian, a former beauty queen who vanished with her infant daughter one night.
The police had given up the search years earlier, and the only fresh clue is a phone call that says Victoria's disappearance is linked to some bodies recently found in a crawl space. The bodies are interesting. The few who have been identified had also vanished without a trace.
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