{"product_id":"the-cooperating-witness-mike-avery-9798233856457","title":"The Cooperating Witness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe's learning the law with the highest stakes of all-life and death.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuffolk law student Susan Sorella knows hard work. By day, she's grinding through classes and a brutal internship with Bobby Coughlin, a once-brilliant defense attorney now coasting on quick pleas and old war stories. By night, she's waiting tables at her father's North End restaurant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne night, the head of Boston's mob walks in with a message: someone put a bullet in the mob's accountant and now an innocent man is about to take the fall-if Susan doesn't fix it, blood will be on her hands. The judge wants a quick guilty plea. The DA wants a win. Bobby wants out. But Susan sees what nobody else does-something about the case doesn't add up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo prove it, she'll have to fight not only a ruthless prosecutor, crooked FBI agents, and a slippery witness, but also Bobby's jaded view of the system. He's seen too much to believe justice is possible. She hasn't seen enough to give up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan isn't sworn in yet, but she has a gift for digging up the truth-and the grit to risk everything for it. If she fails, an innocent man goes to prison. If she succeeds, she might paint a target on her own back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is unwinnable. The danger is real. But Susan's not backing down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Avery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233856457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Relay Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Mike Avery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665292988671,"sku":"9798233856457","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cooperating-witness-mike-avery-9798233856457","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}