title: Breach of Promise / Presumed Guilty
author:  James Scott Bell 
description: James Scott Bell, a former trial lawyer, is the bestselling author of Try Dying, The Whole Truth, No Legal Grounds, Deadlock, and Sins of the Fathers. A winner of the Christy Award for excellence in Christian fiction, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Cindy. Visit his website at www.jamescottbell.com.
zlib_text: A Breach
   Of
   Promise
   
   Anne Perry
  Book  9
  William Monk series
  
   
   
   
  To Ken Weir for his friendship
  
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  
   
   
  Chapter 1
   
  Oliver Rathbone leaned back in his chair and let out a sigh of
  satisfaction. He had just successfully completed a long and tedious
  case. He had won most substantial damages for his client over a
  wrongful accusation. The man's name was completely cleared and
  he was grateful. He had told Rathbone that he was brilliant, and
  Rathbone had accepted the compliment with grace and appropriate
  humility, brushing it aside as more a courtesy than truth. But he had
  worked very hard and had exercised excellent judgment. He had
  once again used the skills which had made him one of the finest
  barristers in London, if not in England.
  He found himself smiling in anticipation of a most pleasant evening
  at Lady Hardesty's ball. Miss Annabelle Hardesty had been
  present