被告 (The Defendants)

作者简介约翰·埃尔斯沃思做刑事辩护律师长达30年之久，辩护的案件小到入店行窃，大到一级谋杀罪，五花八门、无奇不有；另外，还数百次参加陪审团参加庭审。由于其律师生涯如此丰富，分析案情、推理求证与语言技巧都极其高妙，写这一类小说当然也就轻车熟路、手到擒拿。从2014年出版《被告》以来，便一发而不可收，短短两年间已出版十多部佳作，部部畅销。《被告》初版于2014年一月，一问世便畅销不衰，他本人至今依然位居亚马逊惊险小说类畅销书作者排行榜NO.1（From Kindle All-Star John Ellsworth, author of #1 bestseller in thrillers category）。内容简介酒吧女郎艾米琳昏过去以后，一名顾客把自己的名字刻在了她的乳房上。不久该顾客被杀，艾米琳被捕，她既有作案动机又有作案机会，甚至还有凿凿罪证。出道才18个月的萨帝厄斯当了艾米琳的辩护律师，这是他第一次作刑事辩护。这部惊悚的法庭大戏让您刚好置身于陪审团前排，让您见识刑事案件背后的政治和金钱交易。而在最激动人心的高潮部分，萨帝厄斯除了要挡住艾米琳迈向死刑室的脚步以外，还必须在一刹那之间拯救他自己的生命！简直是惊心动魄，紧张得气都喘不过来！媒体评论本书作者约翰·埃尔斯沃思，电子书明星，惊险小说类畅销书头号作者。——美国亚马逊网站该书价格下面之大黑体字快节奏的法庭大戏，对美国的司法体系的公正性、暴民政治以及政府失职的描写令人震撼。——美国司法协会终于有了一位懂英语的作者写出了令人相信的法庭对话。——亚马逊读者评论本书太棒了！故事迂回曲折，引人入胜。真高兴发现了这么一位一鸣惊人的作者。我高度评价并极力推荐本书。——亚马逊读者评论我现在都想读该作者的下一本书了——本书读起来兴致盎然，极为享受！——《亚马逊读者评论》不到故事结束，简直放不下来。——亚马逊读者评论本来买这本书是想在旅途中消磨时间，不料翻开书就停不下来。——亚马逊读者评论"Fast-paced courtroom drama that makes the pages turn with its depiction of the American Legal Justice System, Mob rule, and the tale of one rookie lawyer who refused to quit!" - American Institute of Justice Young Thaddeus Murfee is a trial lawyer with less than 18 months of courtroom experience. He is completely unprepared for the complicated murder case that he is asked to defend. While Ermeline was passed out, her date carved his name in her breasts. Later, he is found murdered. Ermeline is arrested based on circumstantial evidence because she had motive and opportunity. She hires Thaddeus, who makes his criminal lawyer debut defending his first murder case in this intense courtroom drama. In The Defendants, John Ellsworth offers you a courtroom thriller that puts you right in the front row of the jury. See the politics that lurk behind criminal cases and discover how love can grow out of the strangest beginnings that anybody could imagine. In the exciting climax in this free legal thriller, Thaddeus is only given a split second to save his own life. His heart-pounding reaction in this crime fiction novel is breath taking!