R Barri Flowers

State's Evidence: a Beverly Mendoza Legal Thriller R Barri Flowers

Publisher Marketing: Assistant District Attorney Beverly Mendoza appears to have an open and shut case when she prosecutes Rafael Santiago for the murder of a judge and the sexual assault of his wife in Eagles Landing, a town in Northern California. Santiago was recently released from prison and had a grudge against the judge. But her case against the suspect is put in jeopardy when career criminal Manuel Gonzalez, arrested for the murder of a young woman, also confesses to killing the judge. As Beverly and Wilameta County Sheriff's Homicide Detective Stone Palmer try to sort out fact from fiction, a case of mistaken identity becomes a real possibility. Or is it more likely that two violent men with close ties are trying to beat the system? Further complicating matters is Beverly's romantic involvement with criminal lawyer turned judge, Grant Nunez, in an apparent conflict of interest. She also battles personal crises, including a father with Alzheimer's disease. Contributor Bio:  Flowers, R Barri R. Barri Flowers is an award winning criminologist and the bestselling author of such true crime books as The Sex Slave Murders, Serial Killer Couples, The Dynamics of Murder, Masters of True Crime, Murder of the Banker's Daughter, and Murder at the Pencil Factory. The author is also a bestselling mystery and thriller fiction author, including titles, Fractured Trust, Before He Kills Again, Dark Streets of Whitechapel, Murder in Honolulu, and State's Evidence. Follow R. Barri Flowers on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Goodreads, LibraryThing, and YouTube. Learn more about the author on Wikipedia and www.rbarriflowers.com.