In My Dark Dreams
by JF Freedman
A public defender must defend the rarest of clients - someone she believes to be innocent.Jessica
Thompson is training for a marathon, running fifty miles a week not
just to stay in shape, but to help her forget that she spends her days
in service to some of California's worst criminals. As a public defender
in Los Angeles, this is par for the course. But Roberto Salazar is an
unusual client: a kind, mild-mannered man with a clean record who has
been accused of trafficking stolen goods. Jessica is happy to get this
churchgoing gardener acquitted, but she's shocked when he's accused of
murder. Roberto is arrested in connection with three savage
murders, each committed on the night of a full moon. Is he innocent? Or
did Jessica let a madman go free?
Thompson is training for a marathon, running fifty miles a week not
just to stay in shape, but to help her forget that she spends her days
in service to some of California's worst criminals. As a public defender
in Los Angeles, this is par for the course. But Roberto Salazar is an
unusual client: a kind, mild-mannered man with a clean record who has
been accused of trafficking stolen goods. Jessica is happy to get this
churchgoing gardener acquitted, but she's shocked when he's accused of
murder. Roberto is arrested in connection with three savage
murders, each committed on the night of a full moon. Is he innocent? Or
did Jessica let a madman go free?