If Broken Plea by hooked you with leverage theater over justice, meet another cynical defender in An Innocent Client by .
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- Defense attorney trapped by system incentives
- Courtroom leverage games trump actual guilt
- Moral compromises spiral into career damage
- Procedural realism—no Hollywood courtroom fantasy
If Broken Plea taught you to see plea deals as leverage theater rather than justice, Scott Pratt's protagonist will feel like a kindred cynic—another overworked defender who knows the courthouse machinery rewards convenience over truth. Here, the same institutional skepticism plays out through tense discovery fights and charging games where career ambition dictates outcomes and every strategic compromise chips away at personal integrity one calculated risk at a time.
Pratt refuses flattering resolutions: consequences sprawl, moral trade-offs accumulate, and the procedural grind never pretends the system self-corrects. This is adult legal fiction for readers who distrust tidy endings and value unvarnished portrayals of flawed professionals trapped by their own ethical concessions.
The courthouse machinery rewards convenience over truth, and this defender knows it intimately.
What Readers Are Saying
"Joe is the rarest of rare men... An honest man in a dishonest system. He is smart and doesn't back down when things get hard. The mystery appears to be pretty straightforward, but there are a few very clever twists and surprises..." — Julie, Goodreads
"It's a brilliant legal thriller that is twisty, snarky, intricately plotted, and unputdownable... it's easy to see why... Author Scott Pratt's intimate knowledge of the courtroom and criminal mind is eloquently showcased throughout the entire storyline." — Jayne, Goodreads
"For a debut book this is an excellent and well-crafted story... The plot has some twists and turns and there is enough action as well as suspenseful courtroom drama to keep the reader’s attention." — Jean, Goodreads
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