Primal Fear

The Story

'Spine-tingling...Mr. Diehl can sustain suspense.' THE NEW YORKTIMES Martin Vail, the brilliant 'bad-boy' lawyer every prosecutor and politician love to hate, is defending Aaron Stampler, a man found holding a bloody butcher's knife near a murdered archbishop. Vail is certain to lose, but Vail uses his unorthodox ways to good advantage when choosing his legal team--a tight group of men and women who must uncover the extraordinary truth behind the archbishop's slaughter. They do, in a heart-stopping climax unparalleled for the surprise it springs on the reader... From the Paperback edition.