title: Death's Witness: A Novel
author: Paul Batista
description: The verdict on Batista's debut legal thriller: guilty of delivering not only sharp courtroom drama but steamy romantic escapism as well. Vincent Sorrentino, a crackerjack Manhattan DA (not unlike Batista, a commentator on Court TV), is leading the legal team for 14 defendants accused of bribing Congressman Daniel Fonseca, including Selig "Sy" Klein, owner of a shady trucking empire personally represented by Sorrentino's colleague and friend, Tom Perini, a former Heisman Trophy winner. Tom's murder while running in Central Park shatters his wife and toddler's world and almost lands Fonseca a mistrial. Grieving Julie Perini suffers more shocks as she learns about her husband's secret underworld association connected to the ongoing trial. Batista provides a gripping, if sometimes confusing, insider look into the seamy side of justice and the politics behind criminal shenanigans. The sweet resolution might feel too good to be true, but is still satisfying. <i>(Oct.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  **MANHATTAN LOCKDOWN**
  
  
  ## **Also by Paul Batista**
  
  
  _Death’s Witness  
  Extraordinary Rendition  
  The Borzoi Killings_
  
  
  # **MANHATTAN LOCKDOWN**
  
  
  **PAUL BATISTA**
  
  
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  Copyright © 2016 Paul Batista
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by
  any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and
  retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by
  a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations,
  places, and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or
  are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, businesses, locales,
  or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  ISBN 978-1-60809-197-3
  
  
  Published in the United States of America by Oceanview Publishing Longboat
  Key, Florida  
  [www.oceanviewpub.com](http://www.oceanviewpub.com