Dark Justice

Author: Bernhardt, William
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Publication Date: 12/07/1999

Suffering from courtroom burnout, attorney Ben Kincaid heads to the picturesque Pacific Northwest for some much-needed R and R. But Ben's blissful getaway becomes a busmans's holiday in the small town of Magic Valley, where a pitched battle between the local logging industry and crusading conservationists has led to brutal murder.

Years earlier, professional activist George Zakin was successfully defended against a charge of murder by a fledgling attorney named Ben Kincaid. Now, accused of viciously killing a lumberjack, Zakin is counting on Ben to duplicate that long-ago courtroom coup. With the odds stacked against him, Ben walks into a war zone in the courtroom...and a potential killing field in Magic Valley, an explosive place where allies and enemies are hard to tell apart -- and digging for the truth is as good as digging your grave.