E-Book: Hostile Witness (First Book in The Witness Series) by Rebecca Forster

This story is inspired by a real-life case the author's husband - a superior court judge - handled.

In one of his cases, he had to sentence a minor to life in prison.

Rebecca Forster wondered how she felt about minors arrested for violent crimes.

How are they perceived - as adults and yet emotionally children or purely as adults because they were capable of horrible violence?

Kindle:  When sixteen-year-old Hannah Sheraton is arrested for the murder of her stepgrandfather, the chief justice of the California Supreme court, her distraught mother turns to her old college roommate, Josie Baylor-Bates, for help.

Josie, once a hot-shot criminal defense attorney, left the fast track behind for a small practice in Hermosa Beach, California.

But Hannah Sheraton intrigues her and, when the girl is charged as an adult, Josie cannot turn her back.

But the deeper she digs, the more Josie realizes that politics, the law and family relationships create a combustible and dangerous situation.

When the horrible truth is uncovered, it can save Hannah Sheraton or destroy them both.

About the author:  USA Today best-selling author Rebecca Forster worked as an advertising executive, did business in China and mucked around with sheep before turning her hand to writing her first book.  She earned her BA English at Loyola, Chicago, and her MBA at Loyola/Marymount in Los Angeles.  When she is not writing, she speaks to philanthropic and writers' groups about publishing for Kindle, Nook, and other e-readers, teach at UCLA Writers Program or having a ball at middle schools teaching with The Young Writers Conference.  Her specialty is legal thrillers.  She is the proud mother of two grown-up sons and the wife of a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles, California.

Check out Rebecca Forster's author page for more news, updates and a whole lot of her books.

Hostile Witness (2004) is priced at £0.00 on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com right now!

Other books in the Witness series are

Silent Witness (2005)
Privileged Witness (2006)
Expert Witness (2011)

Rating:  4/5