No Way Out

No Way Out
David Kessler

When TV talkshow host Elias Claymore is accused of raping a 19-year-old girl he turns to his friend Alex Sadaka to defend him.But Alex has a fight on his hands, for Claymore – a former Black Power activist – is anything but squeaky clean and this time even the DNA evidence is stacked against him.Forced to share the defence with a lawyer from Claymore’s insurance firm, Alex must battle his way through jury tampering, conflicts of interest and vicious hate mail to uncover the truth.With Claymore a vulnerable target in prison and the prosecution scenting blood, Alex knows that time is running out. Could it be that this time there is No Way Out?Prepare to lose sleep with this breakneck thriller for fans of John Grisham and Jeff Abbott.

No Way Out

David Kessler

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To Eran, my brother in all but name

‘He who fights with monsters should take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.’

Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good And Evil,

Aphorism 146

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#ue6c03e62-64b8-5264-ad7f-bbdd20142aea)

Title Page (#ua9e8d385-7cc0-5a2b-9403-a25804c07f93)

Copyright (#u7ee35edb-c8cd-540e-85bf-e702a761f4ac)

Epigraph (#u3bef9dc3-1e70-575f-a317-4bda1e108231)

Saturday, 4 July 2004 – 23.40 (#u5542ff1c-50bd-5376-89a9-327b648188ce)

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