{"product_id":"2940169196924","title":"The Third Victim: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA woman stumbles onto a dark road in rural Oregonamp;mdash;tortured, battered, and bound. She tells a horrific story about being kidnapped, then tortured, until she finally managed to escape. She was the lucky oneamp;mdash;two other women, with similar burns and bruises, were found dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The surviving victim identifies the house where she was held captive and the owner, Alex Masonamp;mdash;a prominent local attorneyamp;mdash;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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169076003056,"sku":"2940169196924","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169196924_p0.jpg?v=1763675019","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169196924","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}