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Authors: Paul Batista
“But the police came for you before Jocko, isn’t that right?”
“Sure, they came first.”
“Oscar was mad at you?”
“Oscar is always mad.”
Raquel’s hands were clenched. “Where did you put the money?”
“What money?”
“Come on, it’s time to stop it. You stole money from Brad’s office, didn’t you? The cash upstairs wasn’t the only money, was it?”
“Raquel, Oscar is still out there. He won’t forget you when I tell him you know all this.”
“You’re threatening me.”
“No, Raquel, this time I’m telling you the truth.”
The iron door slid open. It was time for the random headcount that brought an abrupt end to all visits.
He smiled as he left the room. “I love you, Raquel.” And then he vanished behind the closing gate, leaving for some place in the world where Raquel Rematti would never see him again.
She drove to Brooklyn Heights. She walked on the high promenade that overlooked everything that was glorious about New York: the glittering harbor, the century-old span of the Brooklyn Bridge, the clean, gleaming skyline. White gulls floated on invisible waves of wind.
In the breeze and bright air, Raquel Rematti felt that she was cleansed.
the Author
Photo credit: Star Black
Paul Batista, novelist and
television personality, is one of the most widely known trial lawyers in the country. As a trial attorney, he specializes in federal criminal litigation. As a media figure, he is known for his regular appearances as guest legal commentator on a variety of television shows, including Court TV, CNN, HLN, and WNBC. He’s also appeared in the HBO movie
You Don’t Know Jack
, starring Al Pacino.
A prolific writer, Batista authored the leading treatise on the primary federal anti-racketeering statute,
Civil RICO Practice Manual
, which is now in its third edition (Wiley & Sons, 1987; Wolters Kluwer, 2008). He has written articles for
The New York Times
,
The Wall Street Journal
, and
The National Law Journal
.
Batista’s debut novel,
Death’s Witness
, was awarded a Silver Medal by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA). Batista is a graduate of Bowdoin College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and Cornell Law School. He’s proud to have served in the United States Army during the Vietnem War.
Paul Batista lives in New York City and Sag Harbor, New York.
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Death on the D-List
When a terrorist is brought to the Untied States for trial, Byron Carlos Johnson, a famous American lawyer, volunteers to represent him. Unknowingly, he is ensnared in a complex web of spying and manipulation that could deliver hundreds of millions of dollars to terrorist cells around the globe. Byron is swept up in a war between rogue US government agents and a ruthless terrorist group and must fight to protect his integrity and his life.
…A heart-pounding legal thriller, written by the well know defense attorney and TV personality
Paul Batista
—(
Court TV, Nancy Grace
) and brings his detailed and superior courtroom knowledge to pen a harrowing and all too plausible legal thriller.
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When Tom Perini, a legendary Heisman Trophy winner turned criminal lawyer, is found brutally murdered in Central Park, his widow Julie Perini suspects a wider conspiracy. Not only was her husband part of the defense team for a Congressman on trial for bribery, her intuition also tells her that the FBI is not too eager to find the killer.
Relying on her skills as a journalist, Julie begins her own investigation and soon discovers her late husband’s secret underworld associations. Those now threaten her and her toddler’s lives. Fighting grief and a sense of betrayal, Julie is pulled into an inescapable labyrinth of organized crime dealings, political corruption, brutal power grabs, and murder.
Desperate, Julie turns to Vincent Sorrentino, Tom’s defense partner, for help, and the two discover a shocking and terrifying truth that threatens to paralyze them. But it may also hold the key—the only key—to saving the lives of Julie and her daughter.
Renowned attorney Paul Batista seamlessly combines crack legal expertise with suspenseful storytelling to produce a pulse-pounding action story and a first rate courtroom procedural; a legal thriller so authentic, it reads like tomorrow’s headlines.
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