My legal-mystery (courtroom drama, if you prefer), The Juror Hangs (ebook, $3.99) is now available at www.Smashwords.com for only $0.99 (with a promo code coupon UX27D).

So if you have ever wondered what it’s like to serve on a criminal jury, please sign up for a FREE Smashwords account, and then purchase and download The Juror Hangs by Catherine Mambretti at this incredibly affordable price (until Nov. 15).

The trial in The Juror Hangs takes place in the same Cook County Criminal Courthouse where I served on a jury. It even features the same deliberation room and a deliberation experience very like my own.

We all knew we were in for trouble when we saw hanging on the wall a 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle some jury had finished and subsequently had varnished and framed.

At Smashwords, you will have the option of downloading the ebook in almost any format you prefer, from Kindle-ready to Sony-ebook to PDF. The Juror Hangs is also available on the Stanza iPhone app (through the Smashwords catalog), but the promo price is not available in that format.

If you would prefer to read The Juror Hangs on your iPhone and still use the Smashwords promo code, I recommend you get the GoodReader app and then use Safari to download the PDF version from the Smashwords site.

Let’s face it. Jury duty can be a trial. And sometimes in the end the criminal isn’t the only one who hangs.