Erin McCabe is a New Jersey criminal defense attorney doing her best to live quietly in the wake of a profound personal change - until a newsworthy case puts her whole life at risk...

Erin McCabe has been referred the biggest case of her career. Four months ago, the son of a New Jersey state senator was found fatally stabbed in a rundown motel near Atlantic City. Sharise Barnes, a nineteen-year-old transgender sex worker, is in custody, and, based on the evidence against her, there seems little doubt of a guilty verdict.

As a transgender woman herself, Erin knows that defending Sharise will blow her own private life wide open and doubtless deepen her estrangement from her family. Yet she feels uniquely qualified to help Sharise and duty-bound to protect her from the possibility of a death sentence.

While Erin works with her law partner, former-FBI-agent Duane Swisher, to show Sharise acted in self-defense, the senator begins using the full force of his influence to publicly discredit them and their efforts to mount a defense for Sharise. And behind the scenes, his tactics are even more dangerous. For his son had secrets that could destroy the senator's own political aspirations - secrets worth killing for...

About the Author
ROBYN GIGL is the author of the Erin McCabe legal thriller series and an attorney, speaker, and activist who has been honoured by the ACLU-NJ and the New Jersey Pride Network for her work on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community. Robyn is a partner at Dilworth Paxson, LLP in Freehold, New Jersey, where she handles complex commercial and employment litigation. She has been selected as a NJ Super Lawyer since 2010 and as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in NJ in 2020, 2021 & 2023 and one of the Top 100 Lawyers in NJ in 2023. Robyn is a member of the Board of Directors of Garden State Equality, NJ's largest LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Organization. A frequent lecturer on diversity issues, she lives in New Jersey where she continues to practice law by day and work on her next novel by night. Fortunately, she has a very boring social life.

Reviews
An emotionally resonant debut... Welcome - and quietly groundbreaking * The New York Times Book Review *
Legal eagle Robyn Gigl clearly writes from bitter personal experience. The result is an authentic and powerful thriller. -- Mark Sanderson * The Times & Sunday Times Crime Club *
An intelligent and resourceful protagonist with an unusual backstory... Erin's ability to navigate the intricacies of the law is just as fascinating as the subsequent perils she encounters. Gigl, an attorney, offers some enlightening insights into the workings of the legal world. * Publishers Weekly *
Does a remarkably effective job of mixing an exciting legal thriller with the personal story of its protagonist...But the message doesn't overwhelm the medium. Readers will find that By Way of Sorrow is a compulsively riveting page-turner with a complex heroine, a captivating plot, and no easy answers. It's one of the best thrillers of the year. * Mystery Scene *
This enthralling series debut features a twisty plot full of surprises and a cast of exciting characters-most notably tough, relatable defense-attorney Erin McCabe-all while diving into the mud of corrupt local politics. An original legal thriller that is sure to be among the year's best! -- Edwin Hill, author of The Missing Ones



Book Information
ISBN 9780857308351
Author Robyn Gigl
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Verve Books
Publisher Verve Books