A boxer turned attorney must fight a conspiratorial web of corruption to defend a client accused of murder in a knockout legal thriller by New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni.
Working-class defense attorney Patsy Duggan was built to fight in the ring, at the chess table, and in the courtroom. In 1970s Seattle he earned his tuition, and a name for himself, in the city's underground fight clubs as the Irish Brawler. Now he fights in court for the underdog and for justice. But Patsy's newest case is a first for him. It's murder.
Jockey Finn Keane is accused of killing a stable hand at an elite Washington racetrack. Finn claims he's being framed to conceal a race-fixing conspiracy. Patsy's investigation takes him right back to where he trained and fought--the dirty underbelly of a city he knows too well. Payoffs, organized crime, and vice at the highest levels.
Then the case takes a tragic and very personal twist he hadn't bet on. Especially when it leads to Patsy's mentor, the powerful fight club founder who's greased the palms of every politician in Seattle. To extricate himself from a widespread web of corruption and deceit while bringing justice for two men, Patsy must use every skill he has in what will be the fight of his career. Because this case is going to turn an entire city inside out.