The Libri GmbH The Burden of Proof

She found the evidence that could save him. Then she made the one choice a lawyer can never take back.Maya Chen knows the law. She has spent her career defending the innocent, demanding evidence, and making prosecutors prove their case.But when her law partner, Graham Foster, is found murdered, Maya discovers something that changes everything: a button lying beside the body that belongs to her husband, Daniel.Daniel has a motive. He confronted Graham that night. And Graham left behind a voicemail in Daniel's voice that sounds like a threat of murder.Now Daniel is the prime suspect.There is only one problem.Maya doesn't believe he did it.As the investigation closes around her husband, Maya becomes his defense attorney-and begins uncovering a web of blackmail, stolen client money, hidden debts, old betrayals, and secrets that reach far beyond the murder.But Maya has a secret of her own.She found the button.And she hid it.Every courtroom victory brings her closer to a truth she may not be able to survive. Every new piece of evidence forces her to choose between her duty as an attorney and the people she loves most.Because proving Daniel innocent may require exposing the very secrets that could destroy her family.Who killed Graham Foster?And when the truth finally enters the courtroom, who will be willing to pay the price for it?The Burden of Proof is a gripping legal suspense novel about murder, marriage, betrayal, family, and the impossible cost of protecting someone you love.If you love courtroom tension, morally complicated characters, buried secrets, and twists that change everything you thought you knew, this is a case you won't want to put down.