INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS BEST REGIONAL NONFICTION OF THE SOUTH GOLD MEDAL

"When an elderly couple is charged with murder in the drowning deaths of thirty-five bed-ridden residents of St. Rita’s Nursing Home, an emotional edge-of-your-seat thriller takes off like a shot! The players: a wily and profane defense lawyer, a ferocious prosecutor, vengeful families of the victims, and a ravenous media that brands the defendants 'Monsters of Hurricane Katrina.' My advice-block out enough time to read this wonderful book in one sitting."-John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

"A passionate and personal book, artfully constructed."-Washington Post "A war story of jurisprudence. . . . a book you wish wouldn’t end."-Daily Beast

James A. Cobb is a lawyer and lecturer well known for his role as the defense attorney in the case State of Louisiana vs. Salvador and Mabel Mangano. He grew up in New Orleans and remained in the city to earn both his bachelor of arts and his law degree from Tulane University. After graduating, Cobb practiced law in Louisiana and became a managing partner at the firm Emmett, Cobb, Waits & Henning. Concerned about the quality of healthcare in nursing homes and hospitals, Cobb was essential in challenging Gov. Edwin Edwards's approval of unfit facilities during the hospital certification scandal.

ISBN: 9781455621309

Paperback

6 x 9

336 pages

Pelican Publishing, 2015