That’s what Santa Fe surgeon Dr. Robert Roybal managed to tell the 911 operator.
When
the sheriff and district attorney responded to the call, the doctor
said he would speak only to New York criminal defense lawyer Jon
Willard.
Because of their past relationship, within twelve hours
Willard was sitting across from Roybal in Santa Fe. He listened to the
physician’s anguished story of his wife’s battle with terminal bilateral
ovarian cancer, and of her death the night before.
After
carefully reviewing the facts, the district attorney declined to
prosecute. But politicians with their own agenda overruled him.
Willard's nemesis, the new attorney general, indicts Dr. Robert Roybal for the first-degree murder of his wife.
For
several reasons—especially because Willard fervently believes in the
right to die with dignity and without pain—the lawyer agrees to defend
Roybal. The media quickly calls it "the Mercy Killing Case."
But will there be mercy for Willard’s client—or for himself?
As the right-to-die case ignites into a blazing public controversy, not only will Jon Willard’s reputation be at risk.
Don't miss these previous suspenseful courtroom novels in the Jon Willard series:
Book 1: THE PALADIN CURSE by Erika and Henry Mark Holzer
Book 2: A FOOL FOR A CLIENT by Henry Mark Holzer
Book 3: JUSTICE DELAYED, IS JUSTICE DENIED by Henry Mark Holzer
Book 4: ABUSE OF POWER by Henry Mark Holzer
And don't miss Erika Holzer's previous bestselling novels, also available on Amazon:
Freedom Bridge -- a gripping Cold War spy thriller, chosen as a Literary Guild featured selection, and . . .
Eye for an Eye
-- a white-knuckle vigilante crime thriller, which became a major
motion picture starring Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, and Ed Harris.
posted by Henry Mark Holzer at 11:15 AM on Oct 27, 2023
"New Henry Mark Holzer Jon Willard, Esq. novel: THE RIGHT TO DIE"
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