The murder rule : a novel
(Book)

"No one is innocent in this story"--Cover.

Hannah Rokeby, a third-year law student at the University of Maine, transfers to the University of Virginia for a chance to work at the Innocence Project, made up of a group of students who investigate the trials of death-row prisoners and others who may have been wrongfully convicted. She joins the team working to disprove the rape and murder charges against the man whom Hannah's mother, Laura, claims raped her and killed her boyfriend in 1994. Laura has become a reclusive alcoholic and Hannah is truly devoted to her, but as the investigation progresses, she finds herself wondering if her mother's recollections may be shaky--or even downright lies. As the false persona Hannah has created for herself in the group begins to crumble, she perseveres, walking a dangerous path to the final, shocking truth.