Degree Of Guilt

Description for DEGREE OF GUILT by Richard North Patterson:

Christopher Paget is a trial lawyer with a famous past. As a young investigator he brought down a president. It cost him his relationship with Mary Carelli. Fifteen years have passed while Paget raises their son, seeking privacy. Until a murder changes everything.

Now a television journalist, Mary is charged in an eminent novelist's death. Her defense is attempted rape and she wants Paget to defend her. But a fateful question remains: was it self-defense. . .or murder?

This is #2 in A Christopher Paget Novel.