The outside man is society lawyer Adam Shaw. A northerner in a southern town jealous of its secrets, he finds the dead body of his best friend's wealthy wife—and his friend is missing. In a world where wealthy people will stop at nothing to maintain a genteel image, Shaw must gamble his career, his marriage, and his very life in a passionate quest for the real murderer—and learn the shocking truth about his own past and future ...
Author
Richard North Patterson is the author of fourteen previous bestselling and critically acclaimed novels. Formerly a trial lawyer, Patterson served as the SEC’s liaison to the Watergate special prosecutor and has served on the boards of several Washington advocacy groups dealing with gun violence, political reform, and women’s rights. He lives in San Francisco and on Martha’s Vineyard. Macmillan.com Author Profile Awards Edgar Award, 1980, Best First Novel for The Lasko Tangent Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, International Award, 1995 for Degree of Guilt http://us.macmillan.com/author/richar...
