A New York Times best thriller of the year "Matters culminate in a courtroom fireworks display worthy of Perry Mason in his prime. The Murder Rule holds one´s interest from its cheeky opening pages through its final scene." --Wall Street Journal For fans of the compulsive psychological suspense of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a mother daughter story--one running from a horrible truth, and the other fighting to reveal it--that twists and turns in shocking ways, from the internationally bestselling author of The Scholar and The Ruin. First Rule: Make them like you. Second Rule: Make them need you. Third Rule: Make them pay. They think I´m a young, idealistic law student, that I´m passionate about reforming a corrupt and brutal system. They think I´m working hard to impress them. They think I´m here to save an innocent man on death row. They´re wrong. I´m going to bury him.