The year is 1990. A shocking murder of the star quarterback upends a sleepy Georgia town. After his father Jack decides to risk everything by defending the accused, young Chance Meridian-along with his three best friends-must grow up fast when the uglier lessons of life interrupt their carefree boyhood. Jim Crow may be dead, but old attitudes die hard. Chance and his friends learn something else. That the courtroom is about the worst place in the world to find any justice. A standalone suspense novel in the Atlanta Murder Squad series, A Town on Trial is a legal thriller about love, loyalty, and lost youth.