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Inheritance of Lies - Shadow Network
Paperback
Series: David Mercer Legal Thriller, Book 2
Publisher Price: $16.99
Publisher: Derek Fermin Books
Published: Mar 24 2026
Pages: 342
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A sealed file was only the beginning.
When the courtroom battle ends, the real war begins.
After exposing the Paladin Group and surviving the fallout of Inheritance of Lies, former prosecutor David Mercer returns to a world where truth has a price-and someone powerful is still paying the bills. His testimony should've ended everything. Instead, it opened a door he can't close.
Now, with federal agents closing ranks and shadow operatives cleaning house, Mercer discovers the existence of a covert alliance buried deep inside government networks-known only as The Shadow Network. Files vanish. Witnesses disappear. And the closer he gets to the source, the clearer it becomes: this isn't about justice anymore. It's about control.
From Kansas City to D.C., Mercer races to unmask a system built to erase him. Old allies become targets. Enemies wear new badges. And every encrypted message traces back to one impossible truth-Docket 53 was never the end.
Fans of John Grisham, Scott Turow, and Michael Connelly will be drawn into this pulse-pounding sequel to Inheritance of Lies-a legal thriller that exposes the fine line between law and power, and the secrets powerful men will kill to protect.
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