The Midnight Lawyer (Hank Luger Legal Thrillers Book 1)

Defense attorney Hank Luger leaves a high-powered career in Washington, D.C. to return to Savannah and open a modest law practice. He hopes for a quieter life and time with his ailing mother, but his return creates tension with the city's legal establishment, particularly his estranged father George Luger, a former district attorney. Hank's first case involves a young woman facing excessive charges after reporting an assault. He then takes on a review of Pharaoh Williams's case—a death row inmate convicted years earlier when George was DA. What begins as a routine examination becomes a complex investigation uncovering buried evidence and silenced witnesses. Powerful figures on both sides of the law work to prevent the past from being exposed.