“Baine Kerr is simply one of the best lawyer-novelists out there.” -- Scott turow

“Kerr delivers exactly what legal-intrigue fans crave: crackling suspense up top, compelling moral problems floating beneath the surface with an iceberg’s menace.” -- Kirkus Reviews

“Kerr pulls it together with such flair, you can only sit back in amazement and admiration… i doubt anyone will ever write a better trial sequence.” — Rosina Lippi

Alamosa

(coming soon)

Baine kerr’s long-awaited new legal and environmental thriller is generating hot buzz and lavish advance praise as a “gripping,” “elegant,” and “magnificent” tale where “mystical beauty dances with murder and corruption” in the climate-changed west.

Wrongful Death

"Gripping. Moving. Chilling."

A nightmarish locomotive accident, a deadly love, and mass murder in a hospital on the other side of the world.

Attorney Elliott Stone has to piece together this murderous puzzle.

One question: how does good do evil?

Harmful Intent

"Stylish. Compelling. Suspenseful."

A courageous working-class mother confronts a rich, influential doctor in a dramatic trial that changes everyone involved.

Attorney Peter Moss had sworn not to take another malpractice case. The legal system was a rigged game. But now he has a chance to even the score.

jumping-off place

stories of the contemporary west

Praise for Harmful Intent

"Readers will be riveted." -- Publishers Weekly

"Enough plot twists to keep readers guessing all the way to the end." -- Chicago Tribune

"The best novel about a trial that I've read since Snow Falling on Cedars." -- Scott Turow

"Never let me go ... stylish and convincing ... a talented writer with a terrific feel for the courtroom." -- Richard North Patterson

"Compelling." -- Kirkus Reviews 

"Suspenseful twists and turns, ...  for insight into the inner circles of law and medicine, Harmful Intent delivers. ... Fun, fast, and often poetic ... an inside scoop on legal wrangling." -- Rocky Mountain News

"A fascinating story of relationships, medical ethics, and behind-the-scenes legal and courtroom activities." -- Booklist 

“Kerr is skilled beyond” other lawyer novelists “because he can write . . . The best of everyday fiction carries us lightly and swiftly” where “we are taught, a little, pleasured a lot. We return and say to a friend, ‘You ought to read this.’

“You ought to read this.” -- Honolulu Advertiser

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Praise for Wrongful Death

"A strong and very moving tale ... The book's climax is a superbly rendered trial sequence ... a stunning and inspiring read." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A tour-de-force cross examination and a provocative meditation on vanity, betrayal, and evil." -- Kirkus Reviews 

"Absolutely wonderful rendering of three very different women… The next time I hear somebody claiming that men can’t write women, I’ll hand them this book." -- Rosina Lippi

“The chilling ring of truth.” -- The Denver Post 

“Kerr’s talents positively gleam.” -- Chicago Tribune

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praise for Jumping-Off Place

“'Rider' is a splendid story, full of place, and full also of a sort of ethical puzzlement that reminds me of [Herman Melville’s] 'Bartleby the Scrivener.'” -- Wallace Stegner

"Kerr's stories are fictions of quests and discoveries … extremely satisfying … beautifully written, richly conceived, and soundly executed." -- John Williams, winner of the National Book Award and author of Stoner

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