Lion Plays Rough

Author(s): Lachlan Smith

Crime & Thrillers

Leo Maxwell is a criminal defense attorney on the lookout for the big case that will make his reputation. When a mysterious woman hires him to defend her brother on a murder charge he thinks he may have found it. But things are not what they seem - he's been set up to become the number one enemy of both a vicious gangland boss and the police. Hounded by threats from all sides, he finds himself with a price on his head and framed for murder. Leo's a marked man unless he can somehow turn the tables. But as the bodies pile up and Leo closes in on the truth, he discovers that it is far more sinister than he imagined and forces him question everything that he holds dear...

General Information

  • : 9781472201379
  • : Headline Publishing Group
  • : Headline Book Publishing
  • : 01 February 2014
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 April 2014
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Lachlan Smith
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 368

More About The Product

Framed for murder and fighting for his life - this isn't what Leo Maxwell thought being a lawyer would be like.

A riveting debut novel Linda Fairstein Grabs the reader by the throat and doesn't let go Publishers Weekly An exciting read New York Journal of Books

Lachlan Smith is a civil rights lawyer whose work has appeared in the Best New American Voices series. Lion Plays Rough is his second novel.