In his thrilling novels of suspense, William Bernhardt takes us into the fault lines of the criminal justice system, where one mistake, a twist of fate, or an explosive secret can mean the difference between justice and its cataclysmic undoing. In Capital Offense, attorney Ben Kincaid stands amid the chaos of a violent collision between vengeance and deathand its up to him to discover where the truth lies.Professor Dennis Thomas arrives at the law office of Ben Kincaid with a bizarre request Thomas wants to know if Kincaid can help him beat a murder chargeof a killing yet to happen. The professors intended victim a Tulsa cop who had refused to authorize a search for Thomass missing wife. For seven days, Joslyn Thomas had lain in the twisted wreckage of her car, dying a horrifically slow death in an isolated ravine.