A lawyer's race to reveal a wrongful conviction collides with the dark shadow of a murder in his own home in this propulsive and perfectly-plotted thriller from "one of our best crime writers at the top of his game" (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author).
"Ambitious, absorbing, and deeply satisfying."―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Eskens brilliantly combines legal and personal drama." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Superb . . . another Eskens novel to be savored." ―South Florida Sun-Sentinel
When Boady Sanden first receives the case of Elijah Matthews, he’s certain there’s not much he can do. Elijah, who believes himself to be a prophet, has been locked up in a psychiatric hospital for the past four years, convicted of brutally murdering the pastor of a megachurch. But as a law professor working for the Inn
