A Debut Legal Thriller About a Taxi Driver Framed for Murder

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 25

Attorney Yosha Gunasekera makes her authorial debut with a gripping legal mystery about a New York City taxi driver accused of murdering a passenger, found dead in her backseat. When Siriwathi Perera becomes the prime suspect, she has just five days to clear her name with the help of a public defender she’s only just met. Gunasekera discusses her novel The Midnight Taxi.

Cover art courtesy of Berkley

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