Stay of Execution

Small-time operator Bobby Carnes took a shot at a big score, setting up a major drug sale with some high rollers in Marina del Ray. He went in with a few bags of crank-methamphetamine and a .44 and walked out a stone-cold killer: a suitcase full of cash in his hands and four bodies in his wake. Now Carnes is up for trial, and Los Angeles County District Attorney George Keegan has decided to prosecute the case himself, prompted by his own private anguish. It's a move that guarantees him media coverage in a brutal reelection campaign-a strategy that could easily backfire. For Keegan's star witness is running scared, and if he loses the case, a brutal murderer will go free . . . and all of George Keegan's dreams will turn to dust.

“"Wood delivers a compelling moral tale disguised as an intelligent legal thriller." --Publishers Weekly"No one writes a better police procedural than Bill Wood." --John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Juror and The Hunt Club "William P. Wood . . . knows the intricacies and ironies of the legal system. He also knows how to employ them to weave a compelling story." --San Diego Union"William P. Wood, a former prosecutor, knows well how to surprise and engross us." --Vincent Bugliosi, international bestselling author of Helter Skelter"Wood clearly knows the inner workings of the judicial system." --Publishers Weekly"What Joseph Wambaugh did for law enforcement, William P. Wood will do for the judiciary." --Tulsa World”

“Wood delivers a compelling moral tale disguised as an intelligent legal thriller.” —Publishers Weekly"No one writes a better police procedural than Bill Wood." —John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Juror and The Hunt Club“William P. Wood . . . knows the intricacies and ironies of the legal system. He also knows how to employ them to weave a compelling story.” —San Diego Union“William P. Wood, a former prosecutor, knows well how to surprise and engross us.” —Vincent Bugliosi, international bestselling author of Helter Skelter“Wood clearly knows the inner workings of the judicial system.” —Publishers Weekly“What Joseph Wambaugh did for law enforcement, William P. Wood will do for the judiciary.” —Tulsa World

WILLIAM WOOD is the bestselling author of eight novels and one nonfiction book. As a deputy district attorney in California, he handled thousands of criminal cases and  put on over 50 jury trials. Two of Wood’s novels have been produced as motion pictures, including Rampage, filmed by Academy Award winning director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist, Rules of Engagement), and Broken Trust, filmed by Jane Fonda Films with the screenplay written by Joan Didion and her husband John Gregory Dunne. Wood’s books have been translated into several foreign languages including French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Greek, and Polish. He lives in Sacramento, California.

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