11-Trial

When negligence lawyer Richard Rosenberg defends a man on trial for murder, he hires Stanley Hastings to investigate The reluctant PI takes the stand, and nearly gets found in contempt of court.Working for an ambitious defense attorney, Hastings has a ringside seat at a juicy murder case plus $200 a day to investigate the accused's ironclad alibi. But the more Stanley investigates the alibi, the more it crumbles around him. Attorney Richard Rosenberg doesn't care if his client is guilty or not, he just wants to get him off. The police don't care if there's another killer on the loose, as long as their suspect gets convicted. And the alibi that's going to make all the difference in the world to accused wife slayer Anson Carbinder is turning out to be a house of cards. Interviewing the participants in an all-night card game, Stanley gets a lot of fascinating poker details and the distinct impression that their stories are too good to be true. But it's not until the trial starts that Carbinder's alibi finally folds. And with the onset of the trial comes another murder; the courtroom's in an uproar. It's all enough to make Stanley wish he'd never entered the hallowed halls of justice. That's when his wife, Alice, the smartest woman Stanley knows, gives him a clue. Since the trial is obviously never going to get to the truth, Stanley should do some sleuthing on his own - and maybe, just maybe, take justice into his own hands.

Working for an ambitious defense attorney, Stanley Hastings has a ringside seat at a juicy murder case involving gore, scandal, and a blonde bombshell--plus $200 a day to investigate accused wife slayer Anson Carbinder's ironclad alibi. The more Stanley investigates the alibi, however, the more it crumbles around him. And when another murder occurs, Stanley has to take justice into his own hands. Targeted ads. HC: Mysterious Press.

Working for an ambitious defence attorney, Stanley Hastings commands $200 a day to investigate Anson Carbinder's alibi in the case of his wife's murder. The more Stanley investigates the alibi however, the more it crumbles, and when another murder occurs he has to take justice into his own hands. Legal investigator Stanley Hastings of New York is assigned by his lawyer boss to confirm that a client is not guilty of murdering his wife, even though he took out an insurance policy and has a new girlfriend. By the author of Movie