Mystic Wind: A Legal Thriller Volume 1

National Indie Excellence Award Winner for Legal Thriller

American Fiction Award Winner for Legal Thriller

2022 American Fiction Award Winner for Legal Thriller

The last remaining fragment of truth--hidden in the mire of the Mystic Creek

Boston star-prosecutor-turned-corporate-attorney Jack Marino has risen fast and far from his upbringing in the Mystic housing projects. But after he's savagely beaten in retaliation for his work as head of the District Attorney's Urban Gang Unit, he's fired because his powerful boss is running for governor and fears the beating may have shaken Jack's formidable confidence.

Jack lands a plush suite at his father-in-law's mega law firm, making big money practicing corporate law. Although he seemingly has everything--money, privilege, and an heiress for a wife, what he doesn't have is his own self-respect.

When he is given a chance to get back into criminal law--this time as defense counsel in a capital murder case--he finally feels alive again. But to save his client from death row, he'll face a criminal network far more organized and powerful than he could have imagined.

The case will take Jack back to the projects he thought he'd escaped. He'll risk personal and professional ruin, and ultimately his very life, to fight the corrupt forces determined to see his client go down--forces that may have already given absolute immunity to the real killer.

Perfect for fans of John Grisham and Scott Turow,


Author: James Barretto
Publisher: Oceanview Publishing
Published: 09/12/2023
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.91w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9781608095780
ISBN10: 1608095789
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Legal
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Amateur Sleuth

About the Author
James Barretto is a former appellate brief writer, assistant district attorney, defense attorney, assistant attorney general, and AG division chief. He has also served as a legal analyst for the local affiliate of a national cable news network and has appeared on national and international television as a legal analyst on a variety of subjects. He is currently a judge on the Massachusetts District Court. Mystic Wind is his first novel.