12 Months to Live - Jane Smith, Bk 1 Author:James Patterson, Mike Lupica Criminal attorney Jane F. Smith, tough as nails, has received a terminal diagnosis and doesn't have much time. Is her own client trying to kill her first? — Her name is Jane Smith. To friends and foes, she's Jane Effing Smith. — Why? Because she's the best criminal defense attorney in the Hamptons—the elite w... more »orld of New York's rich and infamous. Because she's as good an investigator as she is a lawyer. Because she's tough. She's strong. A competitive athlete who never settles for second place.
As Jane is preparing to defend a high-profile client accused of a triple homicide, she's also hired to revive a cold case—a cluster of unsolved murders.
Then another bombshell lands: a devastating medical diagnosis. Terminal. She’s given twelve months to live.
But first, she has a trial to win. Unless one of her many enemies kills her first.« less