Matters of Doubt

Praise for Matters of Doubt... "A fast, fun read with a fascinating defendant and our hero, Cal Claxton, a small town lawyer who risks his life to solve a big time cold case." -Phillip Margolin NYTimes bestselling author of Sleight of Hand "Matters of Doubt proves that legal thrillers can indeed be thrilling." -Alafair Burke author of If You Were Here Cal Claxton is determined to reinvent himself in the aftermath of his wife's suicide. Once a hard-charging L.A. prosecutor, he now lives in an old farmhouse overlooking the Oregon wine country. When a scruffy, tattooed kid shows up asking for help in solving his mother's cold case murder, Cal wants to say no. But something about the kid's determination touches Cal. Picasso is a gifted artist and one of the street kids who are drawn to Portland's Old Town. Cal agrees to help him, but things turn ugly when Picasso is charged with the murder of a major business figure. Suddenly Cal is back in the game, pitted against the police, the media, and some of Portland's most powerful citizens. Warren C. Easley lives and writes in Oregon. www.WarrenEasley.com