{"product_id":"9781429903233","title":"Proof of Intent: A Charley Sloan Courtroom Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003eOkay, so your client is a liar.  Does that make him a murderer?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the dark hours of morning, Charley Sloan arrives at the palatial home of Miles Dane, celebrated novelist from the Detroit suburb of Pickeral Point, to find Dane's wife murdered in their bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDane tells Charley he was downstairs working.  Heard nothing, saw nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe police arrive.  Dane tells his story again. Only, this time there's a mysterious intruder fleeing down the hallway, with Dane in pursuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiles Dane became a famous writer because he had a wild and violent imagination.  But now that imagination seems to be getting him in trouble. The more he talks to the police, the crazier his story sounds.  Is he making things up because that's just what he does?  Or is it because he has something to hide?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce the cops uncover physical evidence linking Dane to the crime, they're sure they know the answer.  Dane is charged with murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharley Sloan has his work cut out for him.  How do you protect and represent a client who seems to be his own worst enemy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiles Dane's wild thoughts continue to dog him as the evidence rolls in. The police soon suspect that he had planned this crime many years ago. And made the mistake of writing it all down.  In exact detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas it a plan of action or just another of Miles Dane's strange fantasies?  At first Charley can't help but think that Miles killed his wife. But as he begins conducting his own investigation into the case, Charley comes to believe that Miles his client has been framed.  And that the real  killer is using Dane's own bizarre imagination against him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut if that's true, why doesn't Dane speak up?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharley thinks he knows why. Dane has something to hide. Something from his past.  Something shameful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharley understands shame.  A recovering alcoholic with a string of wrecked marriages behind him, he has his own dark past. Charley has long been separated from his daughter Lisa, a law student and recovering alcoholic, who now joins the hard-pressed legal team.  Will the case bring father and daughter together or drive them apart?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trial begins and still it's unclear where Miles Dane's wild imaginings stop and reality begins.  Or whether he is committing the ultimate sacrifice in order to atone for something he did long ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly in the crucible of the final, fevered moments of trial will Charley finally put the pieces together. And reveal the stunning truth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127322132720,"sku":"9781429903233","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429903233_p0.jpg?v=1769901148","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429903233","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}