Fixer by Roderick C Lankler

Ian MacDonald is a senior trial assistant district attorney in the New York County (Manhattan) District Attorneys Office. He has been charged with the prosecution of the son of a mobster who brutally raped and strangled to death a young bank intern. The trial ends in a hung jury because one of the jurors has been paid to vote against a conviction. Everyone suspects that, during the retrial of the killer, efforts will be made to fix the next jury. If the constitutional right of trial by Jury is to be preserved Ian must find out who paid the juror, arrest the culprit, and prevent the retrial from also being fixed. Ian's efforts are thwarted by the fact that: -in the midst of his trial preparation, he receives an admission from the killer of an unsolved cold case murder. There are two problems. The admission comes from an inmate/patient of a hospital for the criminally insane, and he had an accomplice who is out on the street, possibly killing others. -his boss is an interim DA, appointed by the governor, whose only goal is to get himself elected. In the process, he is politicizing the office and jeopardizing Ian's and other investigations. - Ian has fallen in love with the sister of the deceased bank intern. They must keep their relationship secret or the trial will likely be reassigned to another assistant, something Ian does not want to have happen