The idyllic Cleveland suburb of Brighthill is hiding something beneath its green lawns and quiet streets. Dozens of children have developed cancer. No one knows why—until attorney Justin McPhee discovers what may be poisoning the town’s water.
The families want answers. Justin wants justice. And the class action he builds could bring one of Cuyahoga County’s most powerful companies to its knees.
It could also make him very, very rich.
For Casey Cort, the case arrives just as the past she thought she’d buried comes roaring back. One man destroyed her life. Another nearly destroyed her career. Now both threaten everything she has left.
Casey needs a win. Justin may be her best chance of getting one. But when justice, revenge, and millions of dollars collide, everyone has something to lose.
Poisoned is a gripping legal thriller about corporate power, contaminated water, and the dangerous distance between doing good and doing well.
Poisoned is the next installment in the high-stakes Casey Cort legal thriller series. If you like strong women, David versus Goliath struggles, and stories ripped from the headlines, you’ll love Aime Austin’s page-turning novel.
About the Casey Cort Crime Fiction Series: Legal thriller readers will love this explosive series. Follow attorney Casey Cort from her first case to her most current. A solo practitioner she takes on the most difficult cases in Cleveland from investigating foster care abuses to judicial extortion to the sex trafficking of minors. Will the powers that be succeed in silencing her once and for all, or will the underdog lawyer represent those most in need of justice?
The Casey Cort series has everything thriller and suspense readers love: strong women, explosive secrets, David versus Goliath struggles, and stories ripped from the headlines, you’ll love Aime Austin’s page-turning novel. If you enjoy reading the Lynley series by Elizabeth George, and legal thrillers by John Grisham, Robin James, Melissa F. Miller, and Rebecca Forster. If you like, Phillip Margolin, Karin Slaughter, and Tana French you'll enjoy the Casey Cort series.
Aime Austin is the author of the Casey Cort and Nicole Long Series of legal thrillers. She is also the host of the podcast, A Time to Thrill. When she’s not writing crime fiction or interviewing brilliant creators for her podcast, she’s in a yoga pose, knitting, or reading. Aime splits her time between Los Angeles and Budapest. Before turning to writing, Aime practiced family and criminal law in Cleveland, Ohio.