Accusation
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Publisher Description
USA Today Best-Selling Author
An icon's life implodes—at two in the morning
World renowned, revered actor Aaron Julian is awakened at two a.m. by his agent who informs him that he has been accused of sexual harassment. Young actresses will break the story on prime-time TV that morning—with their lawyer, the attorney who led the charge in the priests' sexual abuse cases.
Aaron and his celebrity pop-singer wife, Veda, vehemently deny the charges, and hire powerful defense lawyer Raquel Rematti. But when the plaintiffs' lawyer is murdered in Central Park, the stakes skyrocket and the conspiracies spiral out of control.
Despite revelation after revelation, Aaron continues to proclaim his innocence. And in his defense, Rematti uses every tool in the legal system to produce courtroom drama that is unparalleled.
The outcome—impossible to predict—is guaranteed to stun and to linger with you for a long time.
Fans of John Grisham and Scott Turow will devour this cutting-edge thriller
While Accusation can be read as a standalone novel, here is the publication order of Paul Batista's legal thrillers:
Death's Witness
Extraordinary Rendition
The Borzoi Killings (Raquel Rematti #1)
Manhattan Lockdown
The Warriors (Raquel Rematti #2)
Accusation (Raquel Rematti #3)
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Accusations of sexual harassment against movie star Aaron Julian drive Batista's overwrought third thriller featuring New York City defense attorney Raquel Rematti (after 2018's The Warriors). Six women have gone to the press to claim that Julian harmed their movie careers after they rejected his advances. Their efforts to get justice is spearheaded by Victor Tabnik, a lawyer who made his name exposing abuse in the Catholic church. Tabnik is cooperating with law enforcement, as well as pursuing civil remedies. But his campaign ends when he's murdered in Central Park during a late-night hookup. When Julian becomes the prime suspect, he turns to Rematti to clear him. Zeal to nail Julian leads veteran professionals to take risky steps that even less-experienced prosecutors and cops would avoid. Batista doesn't sweat the details (the police headquarters building dominates "the downtown waterfront"), and his decision to reveal the real killer's identity at the time of Tabnik's murder robs the plot of a whodunit angle. Multiple plot developments strain credulity, and characters lack depth. Law & Order this isn't.
