over 9 million readers worldwide. He is best known for his Tracy Crosswhite police series set in Seattle. He is also the author of the Charles Jenkins espionage series, the David Sloane legal thriller series, and several stand-alone novels including The 7th Canon, Damage Control, The World Played Chess, and Her Deadly Game. His novel The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell received Suspense Magazine’s 2018 Book of the Year, and Dugoni’s narration won an AudioFile Earphones Award. The Washington Post named his nonfiction exposé The Cyanide Canary a Best Book of the Year.
Dugoni applied the Page 69 Test to his new novel, Her Cold Justice, with the following results:
On page 69, Keera and her private investigator, JP Harrison are asking neighbors if they saw or heard anything on the night of two homicides. They speak to Jada Davis, who lived across the street from the young man accused, Michael Westbrook, who is JP Harrison’s nephew.Visit Robert Dugoni's website and Facebook page.
If the reader opened to this page they would know that Keera is an attorney representing the accused in a double homicide and that she is trying to find any and all witnesses who might have seen or heard anything during the night in question. It would give them a good head start on what the book is about, but not much more. I would call the test inconclusive.
The book started with the simple premise, “Who is the most powerful person in the criminal justice system?” I think the reader will be surprised by the answer. Her Cold Justice explores how far a person will go to obtain justice and what are the far-reaching consequences for all of us when constitutional rights are not respected? It’s a scary proposition for anyone who finds themselves suddenly accused of a heinous crime and looking at the possibility of life in prison. The criminal justice system is a juggernaut and sometimes it grinds up everyone and everything in its path and the only thing a defendant can cling to is his attorney.
The Page 69 Test: Wrongful Death.
The Page 69 Test: Bodily Harm.
My Book, The Movie: Bodily Harm.
The Page 69 Test: Murder One.
My Book, The Movie: Murder One.
My Book, The Movie: The Eighth Sister.
The Page 69 Test: The Eighth Sister.
My Book, The Movie: A Cold Trail.
The Page 69 Test: A Cold Trail.
The Page 69 Test: The Last Agent.
My Book, The Movie: The Last Agent.
Q&A with Robert Dugoni.
The Page 69 Test: In Her Tracks.
Writers Read: Robert Dugoni (March 2024).
The Page 69 Test: A Killing on the Hill.
My Book, The Movie: A Killing on the Hill.
The Page 69 Test: Beyond Reasonable Doubt.
My Book, The Movie: Beyond Reasonable Doubt.
Writers Read: Robert Dugoni (October 2024).
My Book, The Movie: Her Cold Justice.
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