Ninety-Four Seconds: An Audra Keene legal thriller

Twelve years ago, defense attorney Audra Keene won the case that made her career by dismantling the testimony of seventeen-year-old Lena Vale.Now Lena is dead.The man accused of killing her refuses to speak to anyone but Audra. Simon Creel insists Lena was murdered because she uncovered evidence that had been buried during the original investigation, evidence capable of exposing the truth and destroying the careers built upon the verdict.Defending Simon means reopening Audra's most celebrated victory. It also means questioning the mentor who shaped her career, confronting the people who controlled the first investigation, and facing the possibility that her success began with a carefully constructed lie.In Alder Ridge, every witness remembers a different version of the truth. Evidence disappears. Old loyalties fracture. As Audra follows a trail connecting a murdered witness, an altered record, and years of institutional silence, she discovers that someone has been anticipating her every move.To save an innocent man, Audra must uncover what really happened without becoming the next person silenced by it.