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The Acquitted: Marcus Kane Legal Thriller Series
Paperback
Series: The Marcus Kane Legal Thrillers, Book 3
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 23 2026
Pages: 386
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Seven years ago, Dr. Adrian Keller was acquitted of murdering his wife, Elizabeth. The jury may have set him free, but the city of St. Louis never believed he was innocent.
Now another woman is dead.
Lauren Shaw is found at the bottom of a staircase during a fundraising gala at the Keller Heart Foundation. Her body has been arranged to mirror Elizabeth Keller's death, and the evidence immediately points to Adrian. He had argued with Lauren shortly before she disappeared. Her blood is on his clothing. Security footage places him near the scene. And seventeen minutes of his evening remain unaccounted for.
For the police, prosecutors, and a public still outraged by the first verdict, the case appears settled.
Defense attorney Marcus Kane is not convinced.
As Marcus and his team investigate, they uncover a suppressed interview, altered evidence records, hidden payments, and secrets buried since Keller's first trial. Anonymous warnings arrive. Witnesses are followed. Someone is willing to do whatever it takes to keep the past from being exposed.
Marcus faces an impossible dilemma: defend a man he may not trust while searching for a killer who has already proven capable of manipulating evidence, controlling the public narrative, and turning an old murder into the perfect weapon.
Because an acquittal does not always mean innocence.
And an accusation does not always mean the police have the right man.
The Acquitted is a gripping courtroom thriller filled with buried secrets, political ambition, forensic deception, and a defense attorney determined to uncover the truth-no matter who it condemns.
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