A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

In A Matter of Life and Death, an indigent man has been set up for the brutal murder of the wealthy wife of a prominent judge in New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin's latest legal thriller featuring Robin Lockwood.

Joe Lattimore, homeless and trying desperately to provide for his young family, agrees to fight in a no-holds illegal bar bout, only to have his opponent die. Lattimore now finds himself at the mercy of the fight's organizers who blackmail him into burglarizing a house. However, when he breaks in, he finds a murdered woman on the floor and the police have received an anonymous tip naming him for the crime.
Robin Lockwood, an increasingly prominent young attorney and former MMA fighter, agrees to take on his defense. But the case is seemingly airtight-the murdered woman's husband, Judge Anthony Carasco, has an alibi and Lattimore's fingerprints are discovered at the scene. But everything about the case is too easy, too pat, and Lockwood is convinced that her client has been framed. The only problem is that she has no way of proving it and since this is a death case, if she fails then another innocent will die.

Phillip Margolin has written over twenty novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers, including his latest novels A Reasonable Doubt, (Minotaur Books 2020), The Perfect Alibi (Minotaur Books 2019), The Third Victim (Minotaur Books 2018), Violent Crimes (HarperCollins 2016), Woman with a Gun (2014), Worthy Brown's Daughter (2014), Sleight of Hand (2013), and the Washington trilogy. His books have been chosen as Best Crime Reads by Mystery Tribunes. His books display a unique, compelling insider's view of criminal behavior, which comes from his long background as a criminal defense attorney who has handled thirty murder cases. Winner of the Distinguished Northwest Writer Award, Margolin lives in Portland, Oregon.