Episode
Law & Order: Murder Book
Overview
After publisher Serena Darby is found murdered in her apartment, suspicion turns to J.P. Lange, a former professional baseball player acquitted of his wife's murder who had written a book hypothesising how he would have committed the murder. Green and Cassady follow the trail of evidence from Lange to Gerald Stockwell, a former ghostwriter on the book, but Stockwell tries to clear himself by offering McCoy and Rubirosa proof that one of the jurors in Lange's trial was paid off to force an acquittal.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order
- Season
- Season 17
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2007-02-23
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Murder Book is Episode 16 in Season 17 of Law & Order. It aired on 2007-02-23. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 10: Corner Office
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