Legacy of Lies
Chapters (88)
PRAISE FOR ROBERT BAILEY
“The Professor is that rare combination of thrills, chills, and heart. Gripping from the first page to the last.”
—Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump
“Legal thrillers shouldn’t be this much fun, and a new writer shouldn’t be this good at crafting a great twisty story. If you enjoy Grisham as much as I do, you’re going to love Bob Bailey.”
—Brian Haig, author of The Night Crew and the Sean Drummond series
“Robert Bailey is a thriller writer to reckon with. His debut novel has a tight and twisty plot, vivid characters, and a pleasantly down-home sensibility that will remind some readers of adventures in Grisham-land. Luckily, Robert Bailey is an original, and his skill as a writer makes the Alabama setting all his own. The Professor marks the beginning of a very promising career.”
—Mark Childress, author of Georgia Bottoms and Crazy in Alabama
“Taut, page turning, and smart, The Professor is a legal thriller that will keep readers up late as the twists and turns keep coming. Set in Alabama, it also includes that state’s greatest icon, one Coach Bear Bryant. In fact, the Bear gets things going with the energy of an Alabama kickoff to Auburn. Robert Bailey knows his state, and he knows his law. He also knows how to write characters that are real, sympathetic, and surprising. If he keeps writing novels this good, he’s got quite a literary career before him.”
—Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys/October Sky, a New York Times number one bestseller
“Robert Bailey is a southern writer in the great southern tradition, with a vivid sense of his environment and characters that pop and crackle on the page. This book kept me hooked all the way through.”
—William Bernhardt, author of the Ben Kincaid series
“Bailey’s solid second McMurtrie and Drake legal thriller (after 2014’s The Professor) . . . provides enough twists and surprises to keep readers turning the pages.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A gripping legal suspense thriller of the first order, Between Black and White clearly displays author Robert Bailey’s impressive talents as a novelist. An absorbing and riveting read from beginning to end.”
—Midwest Book Review
“Take a murder, a damaged woman, and a desperate daughter, and you have the recipe for The Last Trial, a complex and fast-paced legal thriller. Highly recommended.”
—D. P. Lyle, award-winning author
“The Final Reckoning is explosive and displays every element of a classic thriller: fast pacing, strong narrative, fear, misery, and transcendence. Bailey proves once more that he is a fine writer with an instinct for powerful, white-knuckle narrative.”
—Southern Literary Review
ALSO BY ROBERT BAILEY
McMURTRIE AND DRAKE LEGAL THRILLERS
The Final Reckoning
The Last Trial
Between Black and White
The Professor
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