{"product_id":"twilight-of-honor","title":"Twilight Of Honor","description":"Description for TWILIGHT OF HONOR by Al Dewlen: \u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nTWILIGHT OF HONOR is a probing novel about a murder trial, a small town caught up in a frenzy of revenge, and one man's lonely battle for justice at any cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nBig Jess Hutcherson, one of the richest, most generous, and best-loved men in the Texas Panhandle, is found brutally and senselessly murdered.  Half a dozen witnesses can account for every move he made the afternoon before in the company of a young hitchhiker and his teen-aged wife---at least until the moment the trio bought a bottle and checked in at a motel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nThe stunned but infuriated townspeople organized every resource to find the killers and bring them back to what should be swift punishment.  The blue-ribbon jury, are mostly Jess Hutcherson's friends.  In addition, the confessed murderer has a long record of vagrancy and procurement, and his youthful wife, bargaining for her freedom, promises to testify against him to claim the reward.  The newspapers predict a quick verdict.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nOwen Paul, the court-appointed lawyer for the defense, has handled no trial work for five years.  Organizing his case, Paulk realizes with a growing sense of shock that his will be a fair trial in name only.  Loathing his impossible assignment no less than the man he must defend, he is determined to fight the mockery of justice contrived by the town and save his client's life.  As rich, fascinating courtroom drama unfolds, with it many subplots and big cast of sharply drawn characters, Paulk finds his legal ethics challenged, his career weighted in the balance, and his values turned upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\nDeeper and deeper he digs in Big Jess Hutcherson's past and into the methods and motives of the prosecution until he finds himself in a strange chilling world where, to save a thug, he must ruin the lives of innocent people and destroy a find man's reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nStubbornly unearthing the grim events that led to murder, he cannot turn away despite agonizing self doubts, he must present painfully chocking evidence that draws gasps of disbelief from his courtroom and audience.  Amidst growing tension and personal conflicts, he struggles with basic moral issues far more important than the fate of a brutal mindless young criminal.  In TWILIGHT OF HONOR, al Dewlen recreates a trial and the private lives it devastates---both in court and beyond---with unforgettable dramatic power and narrative excitement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Connies Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42956472680664,"sku":null,"price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/9099\/4904\/products\/TwilightOfHonor.jpg?v=1655041880","url":"https:\/\/conniesbookshelf.com\/products\/twilight-of-honor","provider":"Connies Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}