Silent Witness by Richard North Patterson

A murder trial reopens buried secrets

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Successful San Francisco attorney Tony Lord has spent decades trying to escape the Ohio hometown where his teenage girlfriend was raped and murdered—and where many believed he was responsible. When his former best friend, Sam Robb, is charged with killing a young woman, Tony returns to defend him. The case forces Tony into a community still shaped by the old crime and into the company of people whose loyalties, resentments and memories have never settled. As the courtroom battle exposes conflicting evidence and long-held secrets, friendship itself becomes part of the mystery. Silent Witness combines an intricate legal thriller with a story of rivalry, betrayal and the tenacious grip of the past, asking whether truth can survive the versions of it people need to believe.