{"product_id":"solomons-bluff-gregory-g-sarno-9780595667116","title":"Solomon's Bluff","description":"As a teen, prosecutor Ben Santos fathered a daughter out of wedlock. Hell-bent on a career in law, he lost contact with her. A dozen years later, his failure to embrace fatherhood is his one abiding regret. \u003cp\u003e Blood money claims the life of a pregnant woman. A jail snitch badgers her husband into implicating himself. Conviction seems a safe bet until the criminal lawyers go to work, bending the rules of evidence so as to profit from the husband's cellblock confidences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Santos is initially gun-shy about handling the case. His one previous murder trial ended in a hung jury. The rapist-killer, released on bail pending retrial, claimed the life of another victim. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e At trial, Santos parries the aggressive ploys of Vietnam Veteran-defense attorney Francisco Duran. Even so, Duran backs him into a corner. At the eleventh hour, Santos devises a strategy worthy of Solomon. Duran counters with a cynical plea-bargain proposal. Momentum turning, Santos insists on submitting the case to the jurors despite risk of another hung jury. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e On the home front, Santos and his teacher wife are working on a baby of their own. As trial nears its climax, Santos rushes Carmel to Delivery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory G. Sarno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595667112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595667116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregory G. Sarno","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48435578765567,"sku":"9780595667116","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e69c848-8a03-427d-a53b-448a63fe3814.jpg?v=1777151317","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/solomons-bluff-gregory-g-sarno-9780595667116","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}