Breach of Trust: 2 (Jason Kolarich Novel) by Ellis, David | Paperback | Fiction

On the night his wife and infant daughter died, attorney Jason Kolarich was awaiting a call from an informant. He blames himself not only for the deaths of his family, but for the informant's murder as well. Kolarich can't bring back his family, but he can find the person who killed the informant. And he discovers that his informant's murder was only the tip of the iceberg-and that exposing the truth will drag him into the fight of his life.

From Booklist

Imagine tense confrontations over the board of educations contract for school buses. Or white-knuckle clashes about veterans-first hiring laws. Ellis, the prosecutor who convicted former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, routinely turns these real-life dramas into compelling fiction. In his sixth novel, the Edgar winner gives us young criminal lawyer Jason Kolarich, about to settle into a career defending awful people with money. Then something horrible happens to his family. Trying to learn more, he takes a job on the governors staff. Now hes surrounded by reptiles who rattle on about downstate poll numbers so they can keep the posts that let them steal the state blind. Then come the feds, who are not exactly driven by a longing for justice. Theres sex, suspense, and blood here, but its Ellis insider knowledge of this corrupt-wheels-within-corrupt-wheels world that sparks his narrative. He knows that power often goes to the wrong people because theyre the ones who want it, and he turns that knowledge into penetrating legal fiction reminiscent of George V. Higgins. --Jeff Ayers

Review

"In Breach of Trust, you think you're signing on for a sharply written, expertly plotted thriller with a wink-and-nod relationship to recent events in Illinois politics. In the end, you get that and a lot more: You get a morality tale, bleak and brutal and tender, about a broken man's hunt for justice."
-Chicago Tribune

"With The Hidden Man and the just-released Breach of Trust, Ellis has created an iron-willed, unbreakable character who can take the novelist's best punch and come back for more."
-Chicago Sun Times

"The reality of ex-Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich's trial (Ellis was the impeachment prosecutor) lends credibility to this intense, suspenseful tale set in a political cesspool. Ellis has turned out a sharp political thriller that should appeal to fans of David Baldacci and Vince Flynn."
-Library Journal

"David Ellis understands political corruption like no other writer out there-and lucky for us, his pages throb with action and suspense. Trust me, you won't be able to put Breach of Trust down."
-James Patterson