Methods of Execution

"A hard-edged, absorbing story with shocking twists."
--The Sunday Oregonian
Robert Polhaus abuses women for his own sexual gratification. That violent history helps convict him of murdering two prostitutes, putting him on death row as a serial killer.
"A thought-provoking story expertly written and fused with the twists and turns of an imaginative suspense/thriller."
--Mystery News
Seattle lawyer Matthew Riordan hoped to leave law forever, but returns when his ex-girlfriend, attorney Elizabeth Kleinfeldt, shares her startling conviction that Polhaus was unjustly convicted. Now Riordan is appealing the sentence of the ice-hearted criminal.
"Nail-gnawing suspense...Startling and wholly unpredictable events erupt regularly."
--Lexington Herald-Leader
To find answers, Riordan sinks fast into the shadowy scene of sex for sale and cold-blooded corruption--to discover a murderer whose methods are even more chilling than those of Riordan's client....
"A well written, well-constructed legal mystery...Surprising twists... Deft characterization and plotting."
--Publishers Weekly