No one is innocent in this story.

First Rule: Make them like you.

Second Rule: Make them need you.

Third Rule: Make them pay.

They think I'm a young, idealistic law student, that I'm passionate about reforming a corrupt and brutal system.

They think I'm working hard to impress them.

They think I'm here to save an innocent man on death row.

They're wrong. I'm going to bury him.

'Ingenious' SUNDAY TIMES

'Gripping and full of tension, with twist after unexpected twist. You won't just read The Murder Rule, you'll devour it.'

- Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her