A prominent judge is brutally murdered. The accused killer is a 16-year-old girl with shocking secrets. Josie Bates takes her case, a decision that will change both their lives forever.

Hostile Witness

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Forster, Rebecca

Thrillers & Suspense

Signet

When her boyfriend, an ex-cop, is accused of murdering his disabled stepson, a son she never knew he had, defense attorney Josie Baylor-Bates gets more than she bargained for when her quest for the truth reveals a shocking twist that endangers her case and their relationship. Original.

Silent Witness

Mystery

When she takes the case of Grace McCleary, who stands accused of pushing her disturbed sister-in-law off of a penthouse balcony, attorney Josie Baylor-Bass must not only prove her client's innocence, but her own self-worth as she enters into a world of privilege and power. Original.

Privileged Witness

Literature & Fiction

United States

Lost Witness: A Josie Bates Thriller (The Witness Series)

Smashwords

A prominent judge is murdered, a sixteen year-old girl is accused and the girl's mother turns to Josie Bates for help. Brilliant, fearless and flawed, Josie left the fast track of high profile criminal defense years ago, but Hannah Sheraton intrigues her. When the girl is charged as an adult, Josie cannot turn her back. But the deeper Josie digs the more she realizes that politics, the law and family relationships have created a combustible and dangerous situation. When the horrible truth is finally uncovered it could either save Hannah Sheraton or destroy them both.

Hostile Witness: A Josie Bates Thriller (The Witness Series)

Literary

Silent C Press

Josie Bates has a full plate caring for a troubled teen, but it's about to get fuller when her ex-cop lover, Archer, is accused of murdering his disabled stepson - a son Josie never knew he had.When Timothy Wren died at California's oldest amusement park it appeared to be a tragic accident. But now Timothy's biological father and the district attorney are out for blood. Is this a criminal action with merit, a vendetta, or a shakedown? For Josie the stakes are personal. Racing against time to prove someone is framing Archer, her faith in him is tested by his honesty regarding his feelings about his stepson. Finally, she finds the truth lies not in Archer's words but with a long-forgotten silent witness.

Silent Witness: A Josie Bates Thriller (The Witness Series)

Grace McCreary swears she tried to stop her sister-in-law from jumping from her penthouse balcony but the police have a different take on the situation. They arrest Grace for murder which puts her brother, Senatorial candidate Matthew McCreary, in a spotlight he doesn't relish. Nor is he thrilled when Grace seeks out his former lover, Josie Baylor-Bates, to act as her defense attorney.Josie, who has sworn off rich clients, agrees to defend Grace but even she isn't sure why. She swears she believes in the woman innocence but in her heart she wants to prove that Matthew made a mistake letting her go.Stepping back into the world of privilege and power, forced to face her feelings for a man she once loved, Josie is determined to win this case - even if she looses everything she holds dear.

Privileged Witness: A Josie Bates Thriller (The Witness Series)

It’s two in the morning when Josie Bates’ ward, sixteen-year-old Hannah Sheraton, slips into Archer’s Hermosa Beach apartment to see if Josie sleeps in his bed. But Josie isn’t there. In fact, Josie isn’t anywhere. When her Jeep is found abandoned in a parking lot near the Redondo pier, the only clue to her whereabouts leads Archer to Daniel Young, an expert witness for the prosecution in the case that made Josie’s reputation as a defense attorney ten years earlier. Fighting to keep Hannah from being taken into custody by child protective services, racing against a clock ticking off the minutes of Josie’s life, Archer reluctantly partners with Daniel Young and a rogue Hermosa Beach detective, Liz Driscoll, to race down a winding road of intrigue. From the Hollywood Hills to the glitzy evangelical enclave of Orange County; the seedy side of Los Angeles to the pristine and remote California mountains, Archer bores into the past. What he finds is that the woman he loves was once a ruthless and hated defense attorney, that the system he believes in has released a double murderer, and that there is more than one person who would be happy if Josie Bates was never seen again.

Expert Witness: A Josie Bates Thriller (The Witness Series)

A mountain grocer is executed and a fading model is missing. Sheriff Dove Connelly, a native American and a man of unique sensibilities, embarks on an investigation that drags him into a twilight world where nothing is at it seems, life and death hang in a delicate balance and his very thoughts could tip the scales of life and death.

Before Her Eyes: Psychological Thriller

New Mexico attorney Tara Linley’s belief in the power and fairness of the law is shaken when she takes on her best friend’s lover as a client. After reluctantly agreeing to represent him, Tara discovers the shocking crime he has committed. Bound by the attorney-client privilege, caught in a web of escalating circumstances that threaten not only her professional reputation but her life, Tara soon finds herself at the mercy of her unstable client…a man who is growing more dangerous every day.

Keeping Counsel

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