A blood-soaked nursery. A missing baby. A traumatised mother.When David Cavanaugh hears of this heinous crime, he knows immediately he doesn't want to touch it. The mother's guilt appears obvious, and David and his colleagues expect to be bystanders only to Detective Joe Mannix's disturbing investigation.So when David is corralled on to the case against his will and appointed Sienna Walker's attorney, he faces the prospect of taking on a challenge he has always refused – defending someone who is guilty.But there is more to Sienna's story than meets the eye – and David soon realises that she may not just be innocent of killing her daughter, but also the victim of a crime so vast and so clever that securing a 'not guilty' verdict will be close to impossible.And so he fights on, slowly getting nearer to the real killer and the reason baby Eliza was murdered. But what he does not know is how close danger is creeping to his own front door...

Doctor Jeffrey Logan, daytime TV's most loved psychiatrist, has a top-rating talk show seen around the world. The perfect picture is completed by a beautiful, talented wife, Stephanie, who is the loving mother of their teenage son and daughter.This cosy domestic scene is shattered by a bullet. Stephanie is killed instantly at the kitchen table, the hunting rifle used at close range causing catastrophic damage.When "Doctor Jeff" confesses to his wife's murder, Boston lawyer David Cavanaugh is appointed as his defence counsel. But Cavanaugh and Logan's dead wife went to law school together, and from what he remembers of his friend, nothing is making sense. Then the unthinkable happens – evidence starts pointing not to Doctor Jeff, but to Stephanie's son, JT.Soon, Cavanaugh realises that though this family has a dark secret, it may not be the one the popular Doctor Jeff insists on revealing to the world. With the Logan children unwilling to reveal what really...

If two people have a conversation heard by only those two, did the conversation actually take place?Following an alleged conversation between respected attorney Rayna Martin and teenager Christina Haynes during a boating trip at Cape Ann, Massachusetts, one of them is dead, the other arrested for murder.Boston lawyer David Cavanaugh faces his toughest case to date as what appears to be a tragic but blameless accident turns into something else entirely.With the victim's father one of the most powerful politicians in the US Senate and the Assistant District Attorney prepared to put his personal ambition ahead of legal justice, David finds that his most dangerous battle is taking place outside the courtroom.Lies, deception, blackmail, threats... and finally the precision of an assassin's bullet combine to create a shocking finale in this exciting debut from Australian author Sydney Bauer.

US Vice President Tom Bradshaw is the perfect candidate, a "sure thing". But when he is found dead in the penthouse of Boston's finest hotel, the American people want answers and his administration needs a scapegoat.It has been twelve years since Boston attorney David Cavanaugh's ex-wife Karin left him for another man. Now, she has called to ask the impossible. She wants him to represent her husband. The charge – murder. The victim – the Vice President of the United States.Now Cavanaugh faces the toughest decision of his career, a decision he knows will ultimately see him face off with his past and carve out his future. What he does not realise is that Tom Bradshaw's death is only the beginning. Three more are dead and his enemies will stop at nothing to protect their secret and consolidate their power, for they are an unbreakable band of four, and their word is GOSPEL.

It's been a long time since Boston criminal defence attorney David Cavanaugh had heard Senator Chris Kincaid speak of Marilyn Maloney; hers is a name from their childhood, from the life David left behind in New Jersey. But Marilyn is missing, and Chris pleads with David to come home to help him locate the woman he once loved. Then a battered body is hauled from the Passaic River, and when Chris is charged with Marilyn's murder, David must face the harrowing responsibility of defending one childhood friend accused of killing another. Devastating family secrets plague David as he races toward a trial which looks impossible to win. Worse still, he discovers that proving Chris's innocence is linked to an unthinkable mistake, made many years before...