Private Screening by Richard North Patterson

'??A crackerjack thriller'?� by the #1 New York Times'??bestselling author of Silent Witness: A lawyer defending a Vietnam vet is caught in a kidnapper'??s web (Publishers Weekly). All of America is watching when a sniper'??s bullet cuts down presidential hopeful James Kilcannon. As the nation rises up in outrage, one lawyer is bold enough to represent the Vietnam veteran accused of firing the fatal shot. Tony Lord has never shied away from a fight, and he will do whatever it takes to get his client a fair trial. A year later, tragedy strikes Kilcannon'??s rock-star girlfriend, Stacy Tarrant. Her assistant is kidnapped by a masked terrorist known as Phoenix, who threatens to execute him on live television unless he meets Phoenix'??s demands. As Tony helps Stacy through the ordeal, he discovers that Phoenix has connections to the Kilcannon slaying and intends to mount his own televised trial'??in which Tony and Stacy are the defendants and Phoenix is the executioner.

This book is part of the "Tony Lord" series.
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