Defending Turquoise: A Page-Turning Legal Thriller - Paperback

by John Ellsworth (Author)

What happens when you do all the right things for all the wrong reasons?

Thaddeus Murfee finds himself entangled in a web of deceit when the wife of a prominent District Attorney confesses to murder. As Murfee delves deeper into the evidence, he uncovers a twisted tale that challenges everything he believes.

When a traumatized teenage girl seeks his help, Thad must make a choice that will not only determine the fate of his clients, but his entire career.

Immerse yourself in a tangled web of murder, deceit and the blurred lines between justice and vengeance.

For fans of John Grisham; a tense legal thriller with twists you won't see coming.

Praise for the Thaddeus Murfee legal thrillers:

★★★★★ Adventure, Excitement and Eliminating bud guys...

★★★★★ Everything a Thriller Should Be.

★★★★★ Overwhelmingly engrossing.....

★★★★★ Best fast read in a long time.

★★★★★ Mind-blowing Excitement.

★★★★★ Please read everything Mr. John Ellsworth writes.

★★★★★ So far, this series is a must-read. John Ellsworth is a new author to me, and I will continue to read what he writes.

★★★★★ John Ellsworth has done a great job creating a character who is in the same category as John Grisham, and the other great writers, my new favorite.

★★★★★ Remarkable book!

★★★★★ John Ellsworth doesn't fool around.

★★★★★ Simply awesome.

Author Biography

John Ellsworth graduated from college with a double degree in accounting and English. He then taught high school English for two years before enrolling at Saint Louis University School of Law. Three years later, he took the Arizona Bar Exam, where he scored third out of 233 candidates, received his law license, and proceeded to the courts, where he spent 30 years defending and prosecuting. He attended the University of Oregon's creative writing program and finished first in his class.

In 1996 John became ill, and was forced to retire from law. The State of California found him to be severely disabled and propelled him to the front of its rehab line, essentially asking what he would like to study or learn to support himself. He said he would like to study computers, thinking the job could be done from a wheelchair. Several months later, he had taken and passed four Microsoft exams to become a certified software engineer. Diploma in hand, John drove a mile to the Intel Corporation and asked for an interview. There were two: a personal interview and a tech interview. Two weeks later, he was hired and tasked with designing and building computer software capable of replicating the screens used by Intel workers in chip production screens of the enormous corporation. Soon, he was noticed for his re-designs of many of the systems and was eventually approached and told he was going on the road to troubleshoot Intel emplacements around the world. Which he did. This morphed into dealing with software languages and datatypes that normally didn't mix. After marrying and wanting to settle in one place, he returned to law.

In 2014 John retired from law and immediately set about writing a lawyer novel about a young attorney named Thaddeus Murfee. Thirty-eight books and eight years later, he still pounds the keyboard for a few hours a day and consults with various customers on secret tech issues. Today he lives in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. Sailing, scuba diving, sailplaning and gardening are some of John's happy pursuits when not writing his books. So far, he has also visited 94 countries around the world and says he'll be happy when he hits 100. John's advice for young writers: "Write."