The Pedlock Inheritance

SCANDAL!

Rufus Pedlock, scion of a wealthy and powerful California family, embroils his law firm in the cause of a young Black war hero accused of a ritual Satanist sex murder aboard a houseboat in Sausalito. The brilliant young lawyer's stubborn dedication to simple justice, a recalcitrant and ambitious D.A., a sensuous woman, a broken marriage, a series of obscene telephone calls, and political sabotage combine to form a fast-moving and eminently believable story of American life and morals. In the balance, in this war of human and inhuman forces, hangs the appointment of the family patriarch, Woodrow Wilson Pedlock, to the Supreme Court of the United States. And in the course of their conflict, the Pedlock's lean the shocking secret of their heritage.