False Face: A Legal Con of Love and Law (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798266202337)

New York City, 1995. Michael Russell keeps his Fridays quiet: one drink, no small talk, no trouble. Then Candy Lynch slides onto the next barstool-smart, bruised, and desperate. Her "brother," Daniel, sits in jail for a back-alley stabbing. She swears he loses time, that another self takes over.

Against his better judgment, Michael builds an insanity defense-brick by brick, breath by breath. In court, Daniel's symptoms look real. The jury listens. The verdict: Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. Daniel goes to a hospital, not a cell. By the rules, it's a win.

Then Candy vanishes.

As the story frays, Michael sees the shape of a con that used his best parts-his accuracy, his faith in process-to free a killer. Bound by duty and short on proof, he has to live with what he made. FALSE FACE is a lean legal thriller with a noir heart-about seduction, strategy, and the cost of being "right" when the truth won't stand up in court.

Author: Novak Sheriff
ISBN-13: 9798266202337
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2025
Pages: 186
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d