Grant Justice.

• Author: Moss, Haley
• Position: BOOKS

Who can defend the indefensible as well as a criminal defense attorney representing folks accused of murdering high-profile officials or loved ones in crimes of passion? Perhaps the answer lies in Grant B. Cooper, who is most famously known for representing the man who murdered Robert F. Kennedy.

But the story of Cooper contained within Grant Justice: The Untold Story of the Finest Attorney of a Generation, is also intertwined with the story of Robert Gregory Fegers, the book's author, who always dreamt of writing a book and shared that dream with his father. The father-son duo practiced law together and shared their war stories. Fegers achieved that dream and ultimately his father got to witness the completed manuscript of Grant Justice shortly before passing away.

Fegers' debut is a comprehensive and thoroughly researched biography of Cooper, chock full of stories told in a way that makes the reader feel as if they knew Cooper himself. Cooper is much more complex than his complicated legacy within the seminal murder case he is known for being lead counsel on; Fegers paints a fuller picture of his subject beginning with Cooper's childhood and family history before...