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THE LAWYER WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

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Defense attorney Mara Keller takes what looks like a straightforward embezzlement case for a terrified young bookkeeper — and finds, inside the first hour of representing him, that the numbers he's accused of stealing are the numbers that got him fired for finding. Over these ten episodes, Mara's new case begins to reach backward into a decade-old "accident" and into the one loss she has never let herself examine. Detective Noah Callahan enters her orbit sideways, through a break-in neither of them can yet explain. By the end of the block, three threads that were never supposed to touch — a bookkeeper, a dead auditor, and a man Mara failed to save seven years ago — turn out to share a single name.

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Episode 1: EPISODE 1: A CLIENT WHO SWEARS HE'S INNOCENT10 min read / Block 1CurrentEpisode 2: EPISODE 2: THE NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP9 min read / Block 1Episode 3: EPISODE 3: THE DETECTIVE WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE HER9 min read / Block 1Episode 4: EPISODE 4: TEN YEARS COLD9 min read / Block 1Episode 5: EPISODE 5: PRESSURE FROM ABOVE9 min read / Block 1Episode 6: EPISODE 6: WHAT OCHOA KNEW9 min read / Block 1Episode 7: EPISODE 7: THE MAN WHO WATCHES9 min read / Block 1Episode 8: EPISODE 8: MARCUS WEBB9 min read / Block 1Episode 9: EPISODE 9: NAMES IN THE MARGINS9 min read / Block 1Episode 10: EPISODE 10: THE FIRST REAL CLUE9 min read / Block 1Episode 11: EPISODE 11: THE FILING10 min read / Block 1Episode 12: EPISODE 12: JUDGE HALE9 min read / Block 1Episode 13: EPISODE 13: THE MAN ON THE PODIUM9 min read / Block 1Episode 14: EPISODE 14: WHAT THE DA'S OFFICE WON'T SAY9 min read / Block 1Episode 15: EPISODE 15: THE BAR COMPLAINT9 min read / Block 1Episode 16: EPISODE 16: THE NAME ON THE INVOICE9 min read / Block 1Episode 17: EPISODE 17: TWO CASES, ONE JUDGE9 min read / Block 1Episode 18: EPISODE 18: CLAIRE'S FIGHT9 min read / Block 1Episode 19: EPISODE 19: CRACKS9 min read / Block 1Episode 20: EPISODE 20: SAME CONSPIRACY, TEN YEARS APART9 min read / Block 1Episode 21: EPISODE 21: THE CASE I LOST10 min read / Block 1Episode 22: EPISODE 22: PREPARING FOR HALE9 min read / Block 1Episode 23: EPISODE 23: THE FIRST WARNING9 min read / Block 1Episode 24: EPISODE 24: ROSA'S FEAR9 min read / Block 1Episode 25: EPISODE 25: WHAT THE COMMITTEE DECIDED9 min read / Block 1Episode 26: EPISODE 26: THE HEARING DATE9 min read / Block 1Episode 27: EPISODE 27: THE WEIGHT OF THE FILE9 min read / Block 1Episode 28: EPISODE 28: FOUR WEEKS OUT9 min read / Block 1Episode 29: EPISODE 29: NOAH'S WARNING9 min read / Block 1Episode 30: EPISODE 30: GONE9 min read / Block 1Episode 31: EPISODE 31: THE FORENSIC TRAIL9 min read / Block 1Episode 32: EPISODE 32: THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN9 min read / Block 1Episode 33: EPISODE 33: RECONSTRUCTING THE FILE9 min read / Block 1Episode 34: EPISODE 34: SUSPECTS INSIDE9 min read / Block 1Episode 35: EPISODE 35: NOAH UNDER SCRUTINY9 min read / Block 1Episode 36: EPISODE 36: A SECOND COMPLAINT9 min read / Block 1Episode 37: EPISODE 37: GROWING COMFORT9 min read / Block 1Episode 38: EPISODE 38: WHAT OKAFOR PAID9 min read / Block 1Episode 39: EPISODE 39: THE NETWORK HOLDS9 min read / Block 1Episode 40: EPISODE 40: GONE AGAIN9 min read / Block 1Episode 41: EPISODE 41: THE SEARCH BEGINS9 min read / Block 1Episode 42: Episode 42: Reopening Whitfield's Death9 min read / Block 1Episode 43: Episode 43: Claire Steps In9 min read / Block 1Episode 44: Episode 44: Rosa's Vigil9 min read / Block 1Episode 45: Episode 45: The Voss Interview9 min read / Block 1Episode 46: Episode 46: A Break in the Search9 min read / Block 1Episode 47: Episode 47: What the Evening Held9 min read / Block 1Episode 48: Episode 48: The Homicide Review Determination9 min read / Block 1Episode 49: Episode 49: Closing In9 min read / Block 1Episode 50: Episode 50: Found9 min read / Block 1Episode 51: Episode 51: Chain of Custody9 min read / Block 1Episode 52: Episode 52: Breaking Ground8 min read / Block 1Episode 53: Episode 53: The Recusal9 min read / Block 1Episode 54: Episode 54: The Dispatcher9 min read / Block 1Episode 55: Episode 55: What We Don't Say9 min read / Block 1Episode 56: Episode 56: Off the Record9 min read / Block 1Episode 57: Episode 57: The Slow Channel9 min read / Block 1Episode 58: Episode 58: What the Numbers Said8 min read / Block 1Episode 59: Episode 59: One More Night9 min read / Block 1Episode 60: Episode 60: Ruled9 min read / Block 1Episode 61: Episode 61: What the Ruling Cost9 min read / Block 1Episode 62: Episode 62: The Interview Room, Reversed9 min read / Block 1Episode 63: Episode 63: Civilian9 min read / Block 1Episode 64: Episode 64: The Parts Underneath9 min read / Block 1Episode 65: Episode 65: The Other Bidder9 min read / Block 1Episode 66: Episode 66: The Blue Folder9 min read / Block 1Episode 67: Episode 67: A Private Citizen's Advantages9 min read / Block 1Episode 68: Episode 68: Talbot Cross9 min read / Block 1Episode 69: Episode 69: What Two Weeks Bought9 min read / Block 1Episode 70: Episode 70: The Timing Has Arrived9 min read / Block 1Episode 71: Episode 71: The Second Page10 min read / Block 1Episode 72: Episode 72: A Real Conspiracy That Isn't the Conspiracy9 min read / Block 1Episode 73: Episode 73: What Seven Years Prepares You For9 min read / Block 1Episode 74: Episode 74: The Petition9 min read / Block 1Episode 75: Episode 75: What Seven Years Doesn't Give Back9 min read / Block 1Episode 76: Episode 76: The Rumor Confirmed to Exist9 min read / Block 1Episode 77: Episode 77: A Message, Not a Theft9 min read / Block 1Episode 78: Episode 78: Precautions9 min read / Block 1Episode 79: Episode 79: One More Meeting8 min read / Block 1Episode 80: Episode 80: What the Message Cost9 min read / Block 1Episode 81: Episode 81: What She Remembers9 min read / Block 1Episode 82: Episode 82: The Argument9 min read / Block 1Episode 83: Episode 83: What Ferro Found9 min read / Block 1Episode 84: Episode 84: The Slow Kind of Healing10 min read / Block 1Episode 85: Episode 85: The Word Neither of Them Said9 min read / Block 1Episode 86: Episode 86: A Leak in the House of Discretion9 min read / Block 1Episode 87: Episode 87: The Deputy Who Drinks9 min read / Block 1Episode 88: Episode 88: The Press Conference9 min read / Block 1Episode 89: Episode 89: What the Bar Remembered9 min read / Block 1Episode 90: Episode 90: Ten Years, Four Words9 min read / Block 1Episode 91: Episode 91: The Ninety-Day Clock9 min read / Block 1Episode 92: Episode 92: The Proffer Question9 min read / Block 1Episode 93: Episode 93: Marr's Move9 min read / Block 1Episode 94: Episode 94: The Judge Who Knows Too Much9 min read / Block 1Episode 95: Episode 95: The Dinner That Wasn't a Date9 min read / Block 1Episode 96: Episode 96: The Hearing9 min read / Block 1Episode 97: Episode 97: The Man Outside9 min read / Block 1Episode 98: Episode 98: What Hale Decided9 min read / Block 1Episode 99: Episode 99: The Proffer9 min read / Block 1Episode 100: Episode 100: Too Close to the Sun9 min read / Block 1Episode 101: Episode 101: The Full Weight of His Office9 min read / Block 1Episode 102: Episode 102: The Ethics Complaint10 min read / Block 1Episode 103: Episode 103: What Corrigan Saw9 min read / Block 1Episode 104: Episode 104: The First Time, Not Interrupted9 min read / Block 1Episode 105: Episode 105: Aftermath, Softly9 min read / Block 1Episode 106: Episode 106: What Prescott Started to Consider9 min read / Block 1Episode 107: Episode 107: The Approach9 min read / Block 1Episode 108: Episode 108: Verifying a Killer9 min read / Block 1Episode 109: Episode 109: The Meeting That Almost Was9 min read / Block 1Episode 110: Episode 110: No Longer Untouchable10 min read / Block 1Episode 111: Episode 111: What Remains9 min read / Block 1Episode 112: Episode 112: Suspicion Is Not Proof9 min read / Block 1Episode 113: Episode 113: The Resignation Letter9 min read / Block 1Episode 114: Episode 114: What Noah Found in the Dark9 min read / Block 1Episode 115: Episode 115: The Word They Finally Said9 min read / Block 1Episode 116: Episode 116: Building Block by Block9 min read / Block 1Episode 117: Episode 117: Marr Alone9 min read / Block 1Episode 118: Episode 118: The Countermove Begins9 min read / Block 1Episode 119: Episode 119: What Webb Didn't See Coming9 min read / Block 1Episode 120: Episode 120: The Desperate Move10 min read / Block 1Episode 121: Episode 121: What the Neighbor Heard9 min read / Block 1Episode 122: Episode 122: The First Charge9 min read / Block 1Episode 123: Episode 123: What Hale Was Waiting For9 min read / Block 1Episode 124: Episode 124: The Judge Testifies9 min read / Block 1Episode 125: Episode 125: What It Cost Him9 min read / Block 1Episode 126: Episode 126: What They Decided9 min read / Block 1Episode 127: Episode 127: The Indictment9 min read / Block 1Episode 128: Episode 128: The Unraveling9 min read / Block 1Episode 129: Episode 129: What Corrigan Weighed9 min read / Block 1Episode 130: Episode 130: The Reckoning Begins9 min read / Block 1Episode 131: Episode 131: What Ruiz Found9 min read / Block 1Episode 132: Episode 132: What Serrano Told Them9 min read / Block 1Episode 133: Episode 133: What the Storage Unit Held9 min read / Block 1Episode 134: Episode 134: What the Recording Proved9 min read / Block 1Episode 135: Episode 135: The Net Closes9 min read / Block 1Episode 136: Episode 136: The Arrest9 min read / Block 1Episode 137: Episode 137: The Plea9 min read / Block 1Episode 138: Episode 138: What Webb Was Told9 min read / Block 1Episode 139: Episode 139: The Cost9 min read / Block 1Episode 140: Episode 140: What the Ledger Proved9 min read / Block 1Episode 141: Episode 141: The Hearing9 min read / Block 1Episode 142: Episode 142: Reentry9 min read / Block 1Episode 143: Episode 143: Claire's Answer9 min read / Block 1Episode 144: Episode 144: Sentencing9 min read / Block 1Episode 145: Episode 145: What the Office Rebuilt9 min read / Block 1Episode 146: Episode 146: What Priya Chose9 min read / Block 1Episode 147: Episode 147: What Isaiah Chose9 min read / Block 1Episode 148: Episode 148: What Remained9 min read / Block 1Episode 149: Episode 149: What Noah Asked9 min read / Block 1Episode 150: Episode 150: After the Verdict9 min read / Block 1

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THE LAWYER WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

Defense attorney Mara Keller takes what looks like a straightforward embezzlement case for a terrified young bookkeeper — and finds, inside the first hour of representing him, that the numbers he's accused of stealing are the numbers that got him fired for finding. Over these ten episodes, Mara's new case begins to reach backward into a decade-old "accident" and into the one loss she has never let herself examine. Detective Noah Callahan enters her orbit sideways, through a break-in neither of them can yet explain. By the end of the block, three threads that were never supposed to touch — a bookkeeper, a dead auditor, and a man Mara failed to save seven years ago — turn out to share a single name.

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