Cost of Arrogance: A Jake Clearwater Legal Thriller (Jake Clearwater Legal Thriller Series)

Review
Caldwell's work shines in his ability to make the intricacies of the law accessible to laypeople while still satisfying those with legal experience. — Kirkus Reviews
This book is a must-read for any fanof courtroom thrillers. There is no stone left unturned when Jake Clearwatertakes on a case. — San Francisco Book Review
Pepperdine/Caruso law professor H.Mitchell Caldwell has written a chilling legal thriller around the retrial of a convicted murderer facing the death penalty.— Norm Goldman, Bookpleasures.com
Caldwell's strong and charismatic protagonist Jake Clearwater is the new Perry Mason, and I can't wait to read the next entry in the series. Highly recommended! — Eric Petersen, The Internet Review of Books
"Law professor Caldwell knows where of he writes and it blazes through every page. He does so in this novel with pinpoint legal prose, a razor-sharp wit, and perceptive asides that turn humdrum courtroom battles into edge of the seat drama." —Ivor Davis,Author of Manson Exposed: A Reporter's 50- Year Journey into Madness and Murder
"A gripping novel about aformer top prosecutor turned esteemed law professor who take on a case to challenge the death sentence for a vicious, confessed, and convicted murderer.The trial details are accurate and dramatic, reflecting the author's real-life experience as a prosecutor who now teaches law. I lost a night's sleep—I couldn't put it down." —John Sharer, trial lawyer, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, member of the American Board of Trial Advocates
“Caldwell's strong and charismatic protagonist Jake Clearwater is the new Perry Mason, and I can't wait to read the next entry in the series. Highly recommended!” — Eric Petersen, The Internet Review of Books
Jake Clearwater is a law professor and a former prosecutor who is urged by the Death Penalty Project to help stem the tide of wrongful death convictions in California. Clearwater agrees to represent Duane Durgeon, who had been convicted of a double murder. He is a huge, hulking, hard-boiled bad-ass, who, against the advice of his counsel demanded to address the jury during the sentencing phase of his trial. Getting his wish, he insults the judge, his lawyers, the prosecutors, and the jury in a profanity-laced rant that ends with him asking for the death penalty.
Despite Durgeon’s despicable persona and indifference to his fate, Clearwater convinces the reluctant man to appeal and wins a retrial where Clearwater is pitted against his former boss and bitter foe, prosecutor John Tice. What follows is a riveting tale of courtroom drama, suspense, and the exquisite workings of law and ultimately, justice.
“This book is a must-read for any fan of courtroom thrillers. There is no stone left unturned when Jake Clearwater takes on a case.” — San Francisco Book Review
“Caldwell has written a chilling legal thriller around the retrial of a convicted murderer facing the death penalty.” — Norm Goldman, Bookpleasures.com