The Law Partners (Michael Gresham Legal Thriller Series Book 3) (23 page)

T
HADDEUS MURFEE SERIES

The Defendants

Beyond a Reasonable Death

Attorney at Large

Chase, the Bad Baby

Defending Turquoise

The Mental Case

Unspeakable Prayers

The Girl Who Wrote The New York Times Bestseller

The Trial Lawyer (A Small Death)

The Near Death Experience

SISTERS IN LAW SERIES

Frat Party: Sisters In Law

Hellfire: Sisters In Law

MICHAEL GRESHAM SERIES

Michael Gresham

Michael Gresham: Secrets Girls Keep

Michael Gresham: The Law Partners

J
ohn Ellsworth practiced
law while based in Chicago.

For thirty years John defended criminal clients across the United States. He has defended cases ranging from shoplifting to First Degree Murder to RICO to Tax Evasion, and has gone to jury trial on hundreds. His first book,
The Defendants
, was published in January, 2014. John is presently at work on his fourteenth legal thriller, which, it is hoped, will be published before May, 2016.

Reception to John’s books has been phenomenal; more than 500,000 have been downloaded in 26 months. All are Amazon best-sellers.

John Ellsworth lives in Arizona in the mountains and in California on the beach. He has two dogs that ignore him but worship his wife.

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F
irst off
, thanks to Terry Cheryl Hopton, my editor, for an incredible job this time out. She makes me a better writer and for that I owe a huge debt of gratitude. Thank you, Cheryl.

Thanks to the Chicago Police Department and CSI teams for their knowledge, willingness to help, and cooperation. There is no greater help to a writer than the source itself.

Special thanks to my wife, Debra Ellsworth, for her reading, comments, re-reading and an endless supply of coffee while the fingers are flying and the keyboard is melting down.

Thanks to my daughter Adriane for all the pictures and videos of our grandchildren and to her husband John for his ministry and love. It all keeps me going.

Thanks to my daughter RJ for her
Deadwood
album and the incredible lead vocals that had me listening again and again while these words met the page.

To all my incredible readers and those who reach out to me with their kindness and comments, thank you, especially.

It is my hope you all enjoy this book.

I loved writing it.

C
opyright
© 2016 by John Ellsworth

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

T
his book
, like all my books, is purely fictional. Any resemblance to any person, place, or institution living or dead is purely coincidental.

I
make
my living writing books and I’m very happy about that. The practice of law is difficult and will wear you out in a hurry. But because I make my living writing books, I would really like to ask your help. Book reviews are the lifeblood of what I do, and your review of my book would mean a lot to me. If you would take a moment or two and leave your review on Amazon that would be wonderful. I honestly thank you.