Reasonable Doubt

Philip Friedman. Ivy Books, $7.99 (448pp) ISBN 978-0-8041-0749-5

A former U.S. prosecutor defends his daughter-in-law, who is accused of beating his son to death. PW called this an ``unlikely but entertaining hybrid of Rocky and Presumed Innocent ,'' although the finale is ``flat and disappointing.'' (Nov.)

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