02123cam a2200337 i 4500 646395893 TxAuBib 20230209120000.0 190408s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781948263368 paperback 194826336X paperback (OCoLC)1091903254 TxAuBib rda Bernhardt, William, 1960- The last chance lawyer [PB] / William Bernhardt. [Place of publication not identified] : Babylon Books, 2019. ©2019. 339 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Daniel Pike novel, A ; 1 "Getting his client off death row could save his career... or make him the next victim. Daniel Pike would rather fight for justice than follow the rules. His unique ability to "connect the dots," to observe what others do not, has made him the most notorious criminal lawyer in St. Petersburg. But when his courtroom career goes up in smoke, he fears his lifelong purpose is a lost cause. A mysterious job offer from a secretive boss gives him a second chance but lands him an impossible case with multiple lives at stake... To protect a young orphan from a horrifying fate, Pike must save the girl's guardian from a charge of first-degree murder. Dan uses every trick he knows in a high-stakes trial filled with unexpected revelations and breathtaking surprises as he uncovers a trail of deceit from Florida to El Salvador. When blood-soaked threats arrive, Dan realizes that winning the case might be a death sentence for him--and everyone he hoped to protect. Can Pike protect the girl and get the charges dropped before his race for the truth proves fatal?"--Back cover. 20230209. Attorney and client Fiction. Trials (Murder) Fiction. Orphans Fiction. Legal fiction (Literature.) Thrillers (Fiction.) A Daniel Pike novel ; 1.