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Written by Richard North Patterson - Audio book performed by Boyd Gaines - Abridged Fiction - 3 COMPACT DISCS - 4 hours

Publisher, Random House Audiobooks (January 1997)

Almost thirty years have passed since Tony Lord left Lake City. Thirty long years dedicated to putting the past -- the brutal murder of his girlfriend, Alison Taylor, and his own acquittal of the crime -- behind him. Married, a father, and a successful defense lawyer in San Francisco, Tony Lord has run as far from Lake City as he can.

But the phone call requesting his return -- and the circumstances surrounding it -- is enough to make the ghosts of Tony's past live again. The trigger is the murder of another young woman -- that of 16-year-old Lake City High School track star Marcie Calder, last seen alive with Sam Robb, her coach and Tony's childhood friend.

With this stunning new novel of psychological drama and suspense, Richard North Patterson has done it again. Silent Witness is a drama of rivalry and betrayal, the darkest recesses of love and friendship, and the tenacious grip of the past on all our lives.

Author Biography: Richard North Patterson's eight novels include the international bestsellers Degree of Guilt, Eyes of a Child, and The Final Judgment.

He and his wife, Laurie, live with their family in San Francisco and on Martha's Vineyard.