title: A Defense for the Dead (Tom Doherty Associates Books)
author:  Michael Fredrickson 
description: Massachusetts lawyer Jimmy Morrisey has no business taking on work that won't pay, considering his solo practice is at a crawl and his wife is battling cancer. But when two FBI agents darken his door, the news they deliver piques his curiosity--and for good reason. Having just arrested the serial murderer known as Van Gogh (named for his habit of lopping off the victim's right ear), the feds uncovered in the perp's residence a photo of a woman with Jimmy's home and work address on the back. Jimmy doesn't know William Wolff (aka Van Gogh), nor does he know the woman in the photo. The agents seem content to let this loose end dangle, but Jimmy wants answers. His meddling uncovers disturbing facts that make him the target of another killer. Jimmy makes a fine hero in the modern, low-key style--flawed, funny, and likable. This is Fredrickson's third thriller, all with different attorney protagonists. Let's hope Jimmy breaks the pattern and comes back again. <i>Mary Frances Wilkens</i><br><i>Copyright &#169; American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
zlib_text: > LULLABIES & DEAD BODIES
  
  > LASHELL COLLINS
  
   _For my mom and my husband, for believing in me._
  
  > CONTENTS
  
  >  _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 13_
  
  >  _Chapter 14_
  
  >  _Chapter 15_
  
  >  _Chapter 16_
  
  >  _Chapter 17_
  
  >  _Chapter 18_
  
  >  _Chapter 19_
  
  >  _Chapter 20_
  
  >  _Chapter 21_
  
  >  _Chapter 22_
  
  >  _Chapter 23_
  
  >  _Chapter 24_
  
  >  _Chapter 25_
  
  >  _Chapter 26_
  
  >  _Epilogue_
  
  >  _Murders & Romance_
  
  >  _Join Lashell’s Facebook Reader Group_
  
  >  _Acknowledgments_
  
  >  _About the Author_
  
  >  _Also by Lashell Collins_
  
  Copyright © 2020 Lashell Collins
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are
  either a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual events, locales, or people — living, dead, or undead —
  is entirely coincidental and not inte