The Ghost Case Posse

Justice is blind—but vengeance sees all.

Jedidiah "Jed" Bouvier, a weary idealist and recovering alcoholic, is defending Dexter Wayne Jones—the most reviled man in the county. A confirmed serial rapist and suspected murderer who is a copycat of the infamous Golden State Killer, Jones is accused of having slaughtered a family decades earlier. But despite damning evidence, the first trial ended in a hung jury.

Jed and his co-counsel, Tara Singh, battled relentless prosecutor Catalina "Cat" Galvez in the high-stakes retrial, but sinister forces are moving behind the scenes, driven by a ruthless desire for justice the courts are unable to deliver. Suddenly, a juror from the first trial is murdered; another disappears, and Jed's neighbor, a hulking ex-cop with a dark secret, seems peculiarly interested in the proceedings.

Tensions are high as the second jury becomes hopelessly deadlocked. Meanwhile, Jed's girlfriend, a beautiful woman with a stunning secret of her own, mysteriously vanishes.

Will a killer walk free?

Set in fictional Murrieta County, California, north of Sacramento, what begins as a legal drama spirals into psychological suspense, as Jed uncovers the true identity of the woman he loves—and the nightmarish truth about delayed justice, retribution, and the price of idealism in a broken system.

Joe Greco grew up in Sacramento, California, graduated from Dartmouth College and Stanford Law School, and embarked on a career as a Silicon Valley litigator. He has practiced law for over forty years and has been writing short fiction and creative nonfiction for the past fifteen years. His stories have been published in many print and online literary magazines. "The Ghost Case Posse" is his debut novel.

Learn more about Joe and his writing at www.jgreco.com.