The beautiful and savvy Rachel Gold is a lawyer’s lawyer, a gutsy advocate who has made a name for herself in seven critically acclaimed novels. As the book critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote, “If I needed a lawyer, I’d want one like Rachel Gold. She’s smart, determined and creative.”Some of Rachel’s most unusual cases, however, have unfolded in short stories. This collection gathers together for the first time three of those stories: the award-winning “Bread of Affliction,” the mysterious “Truth in a Plain Brown Wrapper,” and “Beyond the Grave,” a new story Michael A. Kahn wrote especially for this collection. All three feature the witty dialogue, suspense, and courtroom drama that are hallmarks of the Rachel Gold works.