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True Verdict

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About True Verdict

Title: True Verdict

Author: Robert Rotstein

Released: January 14, 2025

Find it: Amazon

MediMiracle Corporation manufactures Sophrosyne, a miracle cure for opiate addiction. Ellison Ricard, a research analyst for the company, claims to have uncovered data that proves Black users of Sophrosyne experience fatal side effects far more often than people of other races. When Ricard confronts MediMiracle’s charismatic founder and CEO, Peyton Burke, a violent confrontation ensues. The wheelchair-bound Ricard—a Black man who had been severely injured years earlier—is fired that very day.

Ricard turns to aging lawyer M. Bailey Klaus, to sue Burke and MediMiracle for civil rights violations, alleging that Ricard was fired because he blew the whistle on the coverup and because he was Black. Klaus faces off against his former protégé, Cicely Pagano, each arguing for drastically different versions of Ricard. Is he a brilliant, sincere, credible person who is rightfully standing up against a deadly product? Or is he a delusional, embittered, and avaricious liar who is taking advantage of his former employer?

Ricard’s fate rests with an eight-person jury who can’t agree on anything. Working together to reach a consensus means navigating a tempest of the most divisive issues: politics, sexism, drug abuse, capitalism, healthcare, and racism. Can eight people with different backgrounds, ages, classes, and political views avoid coming to blows, much less render a true verdict?

Told through court transcripts and jury deliberations, A True Verdict is a suspenseful ride to a shocking outcome.

Book Blurbs

“A perfect legal thriller, full of twists that kept me reading compulsively. Highly recommended.” Terry Shames, author of The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson

“Rich in verisimilitude, lawyer and author par excellence Robert Rotstein’s A True Verdict is a riveting blend of plot and prose that masterfully explores the complexities of morality and modern-day societal divisions. Get ready for a thought-provoking, can’t-put-down read that will leave you questioning the very nature of truth.” David Freed, author of the Cordell Logan mystery series

Review for True Verdict

I’m a sucker for multiple POV’s and this book certainly had it – a little too many in my point of view, making it hard to keep everything straight. It became better when I got in the groove though. This legal story was told from the perspective of the attorneys, judge, plaintiff, defendant, all eight jurors, and even the court reporter. We learned more about the case from court transcripts too. It ended fabulously with twists and turns galore!

About The Author

Robert Rotstein is the author of The Out-of-Town Lawyer and the USA Today bestseller We, The Jury, named a Suspense Magazine 2018 Best Book. He also co-authored, with James Patterson, “The Family Lawyer”, the title story of the New York Times bestselling collection. His other titles include Corrupt Practices, Reckless Disregard, and The Bomb Maker’s Son. Rotstein practices intellectual property law with the Los Angeles firm Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, and has represented all the major movie studios and record companies, and several well-known directors, writers, and performers, including James Cameron, John Sayles, Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, and Quincy Jones.

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