Very good, courtroom story. Oregon Senator murdered for gold.

Barbara Holloway, defense attorney, is persuaded by her father/partner to defend a man who is accused of murdering a senator with whom his wife was having an affair.

The mystery involves 2 other murders which the prosecution does want connected, a judge who is partial to the prosecution, and witness who has a history that the prosecution wants to exploit.

Tremendous mystery, great writing, excellent characters. ( )

Good book to listen to while exercising! Interesting and suspensful. ( )

Barbara Holloway, the defense attorney in Wilhelm's wonderful series, is really beginning to hit her stride in this episode (it's the third in the series) as she builds a defense for the accused, the father of a severely retarded child, and whose wife had an affair with the murdered congressman.

There is a marvelous cast of characters, a polyester clad investigator, a bubbly young attorney helping Barbara, Frank Holloway- Barbara's widowed father- the senior semi-retired partner in the firm, and a wonderful cook and gardener.

To make it all really interesting, the case is being presided over by a judge who has a real prejudice against the defense, and who keeps restricting Barbara's ability to present information she feels is important.

Finally there's a love interest--the mine inspector whom she hired to get some more detail on what the deceased congressman might have been investigating. It's a dynamite story, twists, turns, ups, downs. I thought I had it solved twice, and was wrong both times. This series is a great one, and I hope that the next ones continue to be as good as the earlier ones. ( )

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