Devil's Defense

A Fischer at Law Novel

By: Lori B. Duff

Narrated by: Johanna Parker

A gripping courtroom drama that explores the struggle between morality vs. professional obligation, Devil's Defense will appeal to fans of female-lead courtroom dramas like The Good Wife.

Jessica Fischer wants nothing more than to build her law practice in small-town Ashton, Georgia. She's well on her way when the local town hero, football coach Frank "Tripp" Wishingham III, hires her to represent him in a paternity suit. Coach is everything Jessica despises—arrogant, sexist, entitled—but it's her job to make him look good in public. This is made doubly difficult when her burgeoning relationship with a local reporter gets in the way of telling the truth.

Are things as black and white as Jessica thinks? And can she find a way to succeed without compromising her own personal values—or her personal life?

©2024 Lori B. Duff (P)2024 Tantor Media

Portrays the realities of women in law

Coach Frank “Tripp” Wishingham III is the town’s golden boy. Spending his Friday nights under the lights, leading the football team from the sidelines and molding the futures of the young boys he shepherds to victory. But, when a sixteen-year-old’s mother suddenly comes forward with allegations that he’s her father, a new side of him becomes ever present.

Refusing to own up to his actions, meet his offspring, or admit to any wrongdoing, Coach seeks out Jessica Fischer’s legal representation. Requiring this lawsuit to wait until after football season, Tripp Wishingham isn’t used to being told no, and Jessica Fischer is having a hard time finding anything she likes about her newest paying client. Unfolding amongst this paternity battle, readers find a budding relationship with local journalist, Bobby, and Jessica’s ever-growing friendship with her inherited secretary, Diane. Yet somehow Tripp finds ways to come between even those glimmers of light in Jessica’s life.

Using her own background in the practice of law to create these characters, author Lori B. Duff gives each a genuine mix of soft and hard edges. As the circumstances, personalities, legal battle, and emotions come to a breaking point, “Devil’s Defense” portrays the realities of women in the field, male egos, and the nature of small towns.