Welcome to Case Closed. As always, I'm your host, Charlie Spicer.

Case Closed is on hiatus right now while we work on bringing more captivating stories to you.

But today, I'm bringing you an exclusive sneak peek at the new fiction audiobook, 13 by Steve Kavanaugh.

13 is read by voice actor Adam Sims. It's a courtroom thriller with a pulse-pounding premise,

a serial killer who isn't on trial, but is on the jury.

Listen to the first chapter now and keep an eye out for the full audiobook, available on August 13th, wherever audiobooks are sold.

Now, here's chapter one. Hope you enjoy.

No reporters sat in the courtroom benches behind me. No one lookers in the public gallery. No concerned family members.

Just me, my client, the prosecutor, the judge, a stenographer, and a clerk.

Oh, and the court security officer sitting in the corner, surreptitiously watching a Yankees game on his smartphone.

I was in 100th Center Street, Manhattan's criminal court building, in a small courtroom on the 8th floor.

Nobody else was there because no one else gave a shit.

In fact, the prosecutor didn't much care for the case, and the judge had lost interest as soon as he read the charge sheet, possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia.

The prosecutor was a lifer in the DA's office by the name of Norman Fulkes.

Norman had six months before he collected his pension, and it showed.

The top button of his shirt was undone. His suit looked as though he'd bought it during Reagan's presidency, and the two-day stubble on his cheeks was the only thing that he wore which looked clean.

The honorable Cleveland Parks, presiding judge, had a face that looked like a deflated balloon.

He rested his head on his hand, and leaned over the judge's bench.

How much longer do we have to wait, Mr. Fulkes? said Judge Parks.

Norm looked at his watch, shrugged and said,

Apologies, Your Honor. He should be here any second.

The female clerk rattled papers in front of her, silence invaded the room again.

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