The Fractured Witness

A Legal Psychological Thriller of Mind Control, Wrongful Prosecution, and Murder

von A B Tewary

514 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A federal building lies in ruins. This psychological thriller courtroom drama plunges Elias Thorne into a labyrinth. A veteran confesses to a bombing, but he was miles away when it occurred. How does an innocent suspect know details only the true saboteur could possess?Elias Thorne runs on broken sleep. Haunted by the loss of his family, he buries his grief in defending the vulnerable. When a defender begs him to review the case of Marcus Webb, Elias expects a tragic display of severe mental illness. Instead, he discovers an impossible riddle. Webb voluntarily delivered a flawless timeline of the destruction to the FBI, detailing the exact chemical composition of the charge. Yet, verifiable records place him inside a library at the exact minute of the blast. The prosecution sees an open-and-shut case, aided by an evaluation labeling the suspect a liar. But Elias recognizes a darker pattern behind the glass of the interrogation room.To expose the truth, Elias must risk his remaining professional sanity. The state seeks the maximum penalty, showing zero interest in psychological nuance. Standing in his path is a relentless prosecutor who weaponizes Webb's manic outbursts. Every time Elias builds a fragile shield of doubt, his client destroys it, screaming his own guilt to a horrified jury. To find the chemical evidence that could override this engineered confession, Elias is forced to cross lines he swore he would never touch. He must orchestrate an illicit medical test within the jail, risking immediate disbarment. Winning means saving a man who demands to be executed; losing means letting an invisible puppet master dictate the verdict.The deeper Elias digs, the more he uncovers an apparatus of neural conditioning stretching back decades. Unsealed records hint at a defunct military project designed to re-script human memory, led by a shadow figure who knows the exact contours of Elias's past tragedy. When a surveillance tape arrives on his desk, Elias receives proof that his client's mind was systematically hijacked. But using it triggers immediate threats from federal agents demanding a cover-up. Elias is caught between a hostile judge, an intelligence agency, and a client whose stability disintegrates under hidden verbal triggers.Readers will navigate a labyrinth of legal strategy, illicit forensic investigations, and chilling medical conspiracies. This narrative delivers intricate courtroom battles, federal cover-ups, and an unyielding exploration of how easily human memory can be fabricated.When the law becomes a weapon of mass deception, the only way to save a broken witness is to dismantle the truth itself.

• Reihe: The Burden of Proof
• Themen: Belletristik Thriller / Spannung Politthriller/Justizthriller
• ISBN: 9798235200197
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.06.2026
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: P T Mystery Press