False Witness

A lawyer who was set-up, imprisoned, and disbarred, only to be vindicated and reinstated, is determined to find out who set her up and cover their tracks with a trail of dead bodies

Defense Attorney Karen Wyatt exposed corruption in the police force and the District Attorney's office while getting her client exonerated in court. But in doing so, she put a target on her back and she was set-up on fake drug charge, imprisoned and disbarred until the conspiracy unraveled and her innocence was proven. Now reinstated to the bar, Wyatt is still interested in finding out who ordered her to be set-up - but the key figures were either killed or are in Witness Protection.

In the meantime, Wyatt is a practicing defense attorney, whose current client is either guilty of a heinous murder, or is a too-trusting patsy for an acquaintance set-up for a crime he didn't commit. It will take all of Wyatt's genius to defend her client successfully but that's just one piece of an increasingly complex puzzle.

With a deadly criminal drug gang, a powerful, corrupt figure hiding in the D.A.'s office, and a Congressman who turned up with an unbelievable story after disappearing for days, False Witness is twisty, breathtaking, and unpredictable thriller.

Author: Phillip Margolin
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 11/11/2025
Pages: 304
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250356895


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2025 pg. 6
Publishers Weekly 08/25/2025

About the Author
PHILLIP MARGOLIN is the author of over twenty-five novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers, including Gone But Not Forgotten, Lost Lake, and The Third Victim. Before he was a full-time novelist, Margolin was also a prominent criminal defense attorney with decades of trial experience. Margolin lives in Portland, Oregon.