Jonathan Watkins

When a dead man is discovered behind Theresa Winkle's bar, she's charged with his murder....

His name is Roarke. His history is a swath of blood and violence. Released from prison after another man died under his fists, he's found some semblance of peace as a private investigator....

Darren Fletcher and Issabella Bright don't mingle and gossip with the other lawyers around town. The criminal attorneys might be mismatched, but they fight to win and always stand by each other....

Issabella Bright has had it with bailing her handsome but unpredictable boyfriend-slash-partner out of the drunk tank, with him messing up their court schedule....

Darren Fletcher, once the rising star of Detroit's criminal justice system, has fallen far. All the way to an office in a smoky dive bar on the wrong side of the city....