Defense
attorney Kevin Corvelli fled from New York to Hawaii after the
sensational death of one of his clients three years ago. Now, in the
wake of another client’s death—a client Kevin had fallen in love
with—Kevin would run again if only he could pull himself free from a
couple of high-profile, high-risk cases. The FBI is investigating the
poisoning of a young woman who happened to be Governor Wade Omphrey’s
mistress. The governor was off the island at the time, but that doesn’t
mean that he didn’t order the hit or that he doesn’t need a hotshot
lawyer like Corvelli defending him.
Then the DEA raids a local meth
lab and Turi Ahina is picked up in the sweep. A career criminal, Ahina
has set Corvelli up with plenty of client referrals, but Corvelli owes
him for much more than that ever since Ahina saved his life. Now Ahina’s
only way out is to turn in the big man, and he can’t just tell the FBI
who it is—they already know that. He needs to find him and set a trap, a
trap that won’t succeed without Corvelli’s help. The plan is simple, as
foolproof and dangerous as a suicide attempt.
As the stakes rise, Corvelli gets drawn in deeper and deeper until the only way he can escape is to stick it out to the end in Last Lawyer Standing, Douglas Corleone’s most compelling legal mystery yet.