BIG HORN

For fans of Lisa Scottoline, Lisa Gardner, and Diane Chamberlain — a propulsive legal thriller where the most dangerous courtroom is the one you never saw coming.

Houston ADA Jennifer Herrington has never lost a murder case. But she's never defended one either.

When her husband Aaron drags her to Wyoming for her cousin's rodeo Hall of Fame induction, Jennifer expects a long weekend of inconvenience before returning to her career, her condo, and the DA candidacy that could define her future. Instead, she finds a body in a septic tank, a sweet-natured lodge owner covered in blood with no memory of the night before, and a husband who has quietly, cheerfully, and catastrophically decided to upend their entire Houston life.

George Nichols didn't kill Hadley Prescott. Jennifer is almost certain of it. But certainty doesn't win cases — evidence does. And the evidence is impossible: George and the murder victim share identical DNA. Not similar. Identical. The kind of identical that only means one thing.

As Jennifer digs deeper — navigating a hostile county attorney, a fresh-out-of-law-school co-counsel, a descented skunk she's inexplicably fallen in love with, and a marriage unraveling in real time — she begins to realize the murder may not have been about the victim at all. Someone meant to kill George. And they haven't finished yet.

Part legal thriller, part love story, part Wyoming survival guide — Big Horn is 1st in this irresistible series, which is part 4 of the What Doesn't Kill You Super Series. Perfect for readers who like their courtroom drama with emotional depth, dark humor, and a skunk named Jeremiah Johnson. Author Pamela Fagan Hutchins lives on the face of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains, like Jenn. The settings are real. The people may be, too.

She came to Wyoming to save her marriage. She stayed to save a man's life. She nearly lost both.