{"product_id":"9781453506691","title":"Whistleblower","description":"Mike Stratton, a disbarred attorney, recently released from a federal prison, wakes up in jail in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, his boyhood hometown, suffering from amnesia and charged with the rape and murder of Diane Lawson.  Her half-naked body was found in his Winnebago, parked at a local campground.  Stratton is found next to her; unconscious, and with a head and hand injury—his blood alcohol level off the scale.  Stratton´s last memory is arriving unannounced at his Encino home, where he discovered his wife, Shiela, playing house with Gordon Heller—his best friend, former law partner, and a co-participant in the insider-trading scheme that sent Stratton to prison.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  When C. J. Hagerty, the feisty and eccentric female attorney appointed to defend Stratton, wins a bail hearing, Stratton sets out to discover if he, or someone else, killed Diane Lawson.  Her twin sister, Laura, stood to inherit a sizable estate.  Her ex-husband, whom she dumped, was still in love with her.  And then there is her boss, Martin Kolb, President and CEO of Quella Industries, a high-flying local defense contractor, who Diane threatened with a \"whistleblower” lawsuit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Set against the background of colorful San Diego, and filled with surprises, this intelligent, tightly-crafted murder mystery and courtroom drama, will leave readers hanging on until the final plot-twisting denouement.","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125458026736,"sku":"9781453506691","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453506691_p0.jpg?v=1763849556","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453506691","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}