[Tony Valenti 08] • A Law Unto Itself

Newly appointed sheriff Lisa Murphy’s official investigation into the murder of an inmate at a private prison has been stymied at every turn, and she suspects that members of her own force and the county prosecutor helped torpedo the effort. The prison is owned and operated by Buck Stevens, the kingpin of business and politics in LaSalle County—a man the sheriff has learned to distrust and fear. Sheriff Murphy steers the victim’s parents to Tony Valenti and his partners, hoping to leverage the machinery of a wrongful death lawsuit to get to the bottom of what really happened.

Tony’s team soon discovers a deep vein of corruption that pervades the county, poisoning everything and everyone it touches. Determined to expose the rot and bring the killers to justice, Tony and Sheriff Murphy soon find themselves battling a ruthless cabal engaged in a conspiracy sinister enough to kill for.

It’s a deadly cat and mouse game in which Tony doesn’t know who—if anyone—he can trust. Either justice will prevail or the body count will grow. Will Tony or one of his associates be the next victim?