Dead Lawyers Don't Lie (Jake Wolfe, #1)

by Mark Nolan

it has to apply to my family and friends too. Brinkter has to stop threatening to have my loved ones arrested in entrapment schemes. Today, he threatened to have my mother set up in a sting operation and sent to prison. Sir, if my own

mother and family and friends don’t have any real freedom here in the land of the free, th...

President Kaufman frowned and he glared at Brinkter. “Brinkter...

cannot fabricate false evidence or do entrapments or sting operations of any kind on Jake or his family or friends. Is that clear, or should I have you reassigned with a one-way ticket to t...

wo...

“Why not? The USA paid out fifteen million dollars each

for information that lead to the capture of Saddam Hussein’s two sons.

“Brinkter has lied to me, he’s used me, he owes me, and he needs to pay me. He left me to die in the desert. It’s the principle of the thing. As a man of principle, I’m sure you understand.”

Kaufman looked pointedly at Brinkter, Greene, and Easton. Brinkter sat still,

He’s getting closer to figuring out the reason behind all of this.

she heard a phone vibrating from inside the file box of evidence for the Jake Wolfe investigation. She’d taken it home in violation of police procedures.

Beth recognized the face of the attorney assassin from the photo taken by the Golden Gate Bridge camera.

it is OPSEC.” “Operations security?

“Wow, Mrs. Hayes,” Kyle said. “You are the most badass teacher ever.

“We have agents on five different rooftops. One on the hospital roof, and one on each of the four buildings closest to the hospital.”

“There’s a man here in San Francisco who looks so much like Denton’s deceased boyfriend that they could have been brothers.

Sarah looked into Jake’s eyes and saw something she’d never seen before. She thought it might be the ancient dark look of the warrior, passed down

through history and generations of fighters.

Those eyes sought justice, battle, and blood—and they wo...

She got the feeling that this man had probably done bad things, maybe incredi...

only for the greater good and to protect the innocent f...

He was wearing a black Kevlar vest and a gun belt that held a pistol in a holster and several extra mag pouches. There was some kind of large

sheath knife strapped horizontally across the back of his waist. He moved with the deliberate grace and stealth of an animal on the hunt. This was a different and far more dangerous side of Jake’s personality than what Sarah had

seen so far. It was frightening. She was glad that Jake was on the r...

“Shut up, you can’t arrest me. I’m an official, I’m important, and I’m well protected.” “Then we’ll send you to an official, important, and well-protected prison.

“Come on, Jake,” Sarah said. “Breathe. Don’t you quit on me. Breathe now!” Jake felt Sarah’s warm lips pressing on his. Her sweet breath blowing into his lungs. Her DNA

Sarah’s breath and her touch felt like medicine going through his whole body. He tried to kiss her, but he was too weak to move

a muscle. If he was going to die, having this woman kiss him goodbye was the best way to go. Jake felt a strong tug on his heart, like a rope being pulled. Sarah’s hands were pressing down right over his heart, doing chest compressions

Everyone else got quiet as they understood what seemed to be at stake here between Sarah and Jake and they held their breath. Sarah continued to work tirelessly on Jake, as if she never would have stopped until they

dragged her away. A cop ran up with a defibrillator and opened the case. Sarah got it working and said, “Clear!” She pressed the paddles against Jake’s chest, giving him a powerful shock. Jake’s body bucked upwards off the

Sarah looked as if she might faint from exhaustion and relief. She took a deep breath, put her cheek against Jake’s, and whispered in his ear. “Welcome back, Jake.

Don’t ever drown again, or I’ll kill you. Understand?”

The last thing he remembered was that Cody had been in the dark, cold water with him. Cody had saved him from drowning, just as he’d learned to do in rescue dog

training. As if reading Jake’s thoughts, the soaking wet dog slowly walked up and licked Jake’s face and grinned at him with that famous smile retrievers have, and then he wagged his tail.

“Cody pulled you out of the Bay. He dove off the boat right into a flaming oil slick to get you. He went underwater for so long we thought he was …” “Where am I?” Jake said. “You’re aboard the SFPD patrol boat

Marine 1. I’m Captain Leeds.” “Thank you, Captain.”

Captain Leeds nodded. “Jake, when Cody came to the surface, our officer on the quadski was there to lift you into the stretcher.

Lieutenant Hayes insisted on getting into the water so Cody would recognize a friend

and let Terrell grab hold of him. Terrell held Cody in his arms while we lifted you all up to the deck.” “I owe that quadski officer a beer,” Jake said. “I owe all of you. Thank you.”...

Chet Brinkter said he’s not going to pay you the balance of the money he owes you.” Jake shook his head. “Brinkter the sphincter can sit on it and light it. I didn’t do it for the money

“To prevent him from voting on a bipartisan bill that would authorize

appropriations for biomedical research.”

Arnold didn’t realize that he’d just helped his rival get paid the fifty thousand dollars he was owed by Chet Brinkter. His news broadcast was

The tipoff to investigate the man known as Chairman Banks had come from Secret Service Agent Shannon McKay.