The Bugatti Brain

There is a particular kind of confidence that comes from believing you have solved the puzzle of your own life. You have built something stable. You have earned the right to rest. Bill Haywood, a Houston attorney accustomed to parsing language for hidden meanings and constructing airtight arguments, had arrived at that place -- or so he believed. He had a partner he loved, a career that commanded respect, and the financial security to disappear in Punta Cana for a week without checking his email. He was, by any reasonable measure, a man who had gotten it right. What follows is the story of how quickly that certainty can dissolve. It is a story about what happens when the systems we trust -- medical systems, legal systems, the basic assumption that the truth will out -- reveal themselves to be far more complicated, far more compromised, and far more indifferent to individual justice than we want to believe. Written by a Houston attorney, and inspired by true events, this legal thriller investigates these issues.