Phillip Margolin is a best-selling author of twenty-eight books. As a lawyer turned novelist, Margolin is known for his legal thrillers. His current series, featuring attorney Robin Lockwood, is set in Oregon.

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Phillip Margolin worked for the Oregon Court of Appeals before eventually moving into private legal practice. And, in 1996, he began writing full-time. His novels have won numerous awards and accolades and several have been made into movies and miniseries. He has authored more than 20 novels, all of which have been best sellers. In his latest novel, “Murder at Black Oaks,” attorney Robin Lockwood investigates a murder at an isolated resort in the Oregon mountains where she is tasked with finding a murderer among the odd group of guests.