Guilty as Sin

By Joseph Teller

Did career criminal Alonzo Barnett, in and out of prison since age fifteen, commit the latest drug deal he's accused of? Yup, he's guilty as charged. But is he guilty as sin? That's the question criminal defense attorney Harrison J. Walker, the maverick known as Jaywalker, has to answer as he takes the court-appointed case. As Jaywalker is well aware, one wrong move, even for the right reason, can derail your lifeand land an otherwise redeemed ex-con back in the slammer for years.

Up against a team of prosecutorsone a talented, ethical newcomer, the other a sleazy, tightfisted veteranJaywalker has almost nothing on his side. Except his unshakable belief in his client and the very real possibility of redemption for them both.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harlequin MIRA
• Release date: Jul 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9781459207646

Joseph Teller

Joseph Teller was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from the College of Wooster in Ohio and the University of Michigan Law School. He returned to New York City, where he spent three years as an agent with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (the precursor of the Drug Enforcement Administration), doing undercover work. For the next 35 years, he worked as a criminal defense attorney, representing murderers, drug dealers, thieves and at least one serial killer. When New York State restored the death penalty in the nineties, Teller was one of a select group of lawyers given special training to represent capital defendants, which he did on several occasions, including winning an acquittal for a man accused of committing a double murder. Not too long ago, Teller decided to "run from the law," and began writing fiction. He lives and writes in rural upstate New York with his wife, Sandy, an antiques dealer.