The Trial of John Garrity

<p><strong>BASS delivers a legal thriller that meets the American moment - a bold portrait of the twisted truths at the heart of even the most 'normal' of families... A literary whodunit! </strong></p><p><strong>-- ERIN BURNETT anchor Erin Burnett Out Front CNN </strong></p><p><strong>MILTON BASS and his fiction have always been criminally under-appreciated... What the guy needs is a good lawyer. The Doctor Who Made House Calls made me want to become a novelist. The Trial of John Garrity makes me want to stay one just to be in his company. </strong></p><p><strong>-- BILL SCHEFT author of The Ringer and Shrink Thyself </strong></p><p>John Garrity is a wealthy Irish-Catholic attorney living the country club life in a small New England city with his wife Rebeccah and their six kids. The Garritys seem to have it all but their picture-perfect family portrait belies the troubles within.</p><p>When a judge offers Garrity a pro bono murder case -- a young man from the opposite end of the social spectrum Charles Cooper is accused of murdering his 14-year-old half-sister - he takes it out of boredom even though he has never worked as a criminal defense attorney. Garrity's bumbling attempts at investigating the murder mystery and his frustrations with his client's family put him on a path to potential failure for the first time.</p><p>The story unfolds as a both a legal thriller and a three-dimensional family drama with Garrity having to confront unspoken truths about himself his household and especially his relationship with his wife. As events in the courtroom approach a boiling point he comes face-to-face with the harsh realization that the Garritys have a startling amount in common with the family of the victim and the young man he is defending.</p><p>Can he overcome it all to save his client his practice and most importantly his family?</p><p><strong>Praise for the novels of Milton Bass: </strong></p><p><strong>BASS lets it all hang out when he writes; a nice mix of stylish suspense... and slapdash action. He scares you too. </strong></p><p><strong>--BOSTON GLOBE </strong></p><p><strong>MILTON BASS has an extraordinarily good ear for language. He never misses a beat. </strong></p><p><strong>--CHICAGO TRIBUNE </strong></p><p><strong>BASS succeeds from first to last in giving new twists to familiar characters and situations. </strong></p><p><strong>--NEWSDAY</strong></p>