Breach of Trust

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Breach Of Trust" is David Ellis' latest legal thriller and it features Jason Kolarich from "The Hidden Man". Ellis is making a career of writing about and exposing governmental corruption which comes easily from his experiences as a government prosecutor in Chicago. Jason Kolarich is an intriguing character who seems to gain more focus and determination when his family dies in a terrible auto accident. The fact that he was supposed to be driving them at the time but stayed behind to speak to a potential witness, Ernesto Ramirez, who never showed ignites his inner demons and his pursuit of justice, after a period of grief and aimless job shifting.

Jason decides to seek the killer(s) of Ernesto, who he subsequently discovered was killed the same night his family died, as a form of guilt relief both for his not being with his family that tragic night and for possibly setting Ernesto up for death by his relentless pursuit of his testimony. Complicating matters is a zealous...Read more

Jason Kolarich feels lucky to be assigned second chair in defending Senator Hector Almundo from a charge of murder. The case deals with Almundo's alleged deal with the Canniblas street gang. They were shaking down businessmen for contributions to Almundo's election campaign and splitting the proceeds. Almundo is charged with conspiracy and the chief witness against him is his chief of staff, Joey Espinoza.

One night, Kolarich is waiting for a call from a confidential informant, Eddie Ramirez. The call is important so Kolarich's wife takes her infant and drives to her parent's home without him. In a double tragedy that changes his life, his wife and child are killed in an auto accident on a slippery road. Later, he learns that the reason why the informant's call didn't arrive is that he was murdered.

After a period of mourning, Kolarich returns to work. He's approached by Ramirez's wife, Essie. She wants Kolarich to find out who killed her husband...Read more

Jason Kolarich was once an up-and-coming young defense attorney at one of Chicago's highest profile private law firms. Following a case in which his strategy was the key in securing the acquittal of a State Senator from federal murder charges it seemed as if the sky was the limit for his future. Except something went terribly wrong at the end of the trial. While he was in his office late one winter night waiting for a phone call from an informant, Jason's wife, tired of waiting for him to come home as promised, packed their infant daughter in the car and headed out for a planned visit to her parents. They never made it. Their car skidded off the icy road along the way, killing both.

Not able to shake the loss - and the thought they'd still be alive if he had been driving - Jason has hit a place in his life where he simply doesn't care anymore. Not about himself, his business; only his grief matters. He hadn't taken care of his own and they were dead because of it. But when...Read more