Adrift

In her dramatic debut, author K.T. Konkoly delivers a bold legal thriller following a tough young lawyer who leaves her thriving practice in New York City behind when a family crisis calls her home.
Kari Sharpe never expected to return to Maine. Law school and the Navy JAG Corps pulled her out of the dead-end Maine promised for her future. But Kari's past turns out to be hard to escape. When her last living relative spirals out of control, Kari gives up everything to save him.
Leaving her position as partner in a prestigious Manhattan law firm, Kari struggles to build a new law practice in Maine. Unfortunately, her name means nothing in Portland--nothing good. The Sharpe family curse is a shackle she can't shake as she grapples with her brother's addiction.
When a string of brutal murders rocks the coastal city, Kari is called upon by the navy for help. A sailor stationed on board a newly built ship at the famed Bath Iron Works shipyard is accused of murdering a local woman. The city is up in arms, demanding the sailor's conviction. Adding fuel to the fire, her client is the son of Somali immigrants. Kari digs in for the fight of her life to prove he's innocent...and deliver justice. Now she doesn't know if she will ever leave Maine.

K.T. Konkoly is a practicing attorney who started right out of law school as an officer in the US Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, where she served as a criminal defense attorney at the naval base in San Diego, California. Upon leaving the Navy, she moved with her family to Portland, Maine, where she rose to partner in one of the city's biggest and most respected law firms. Konkoly has always been a litigator, staying close to the courtroom action as both a JAG and private attorney. Outside of work, Konkoly enjoys spending time with her family and her dog, Tony--not necessarily in that order. She also enjoys sailing, traveling, gardening, reading, cooking, and spending time with friends. Adrift is her first novel.