Attorney Will Chambers is faced with what seems an impossible task; win the case for his client when the conditions are hopeless.  The terms of
Randolph Willoughby's will stipulate that Jonathan Joppa, the assistant pastor of the First Evangelical Church of Charlotte, will inherit Stony
Island.  First, he must prove that a distant Joppa relative can be cleared of the reputation of being a pirate.  It seems that Isaac Joppa had been
indicted for the crime of being a pirate under Edward Teach, otherwise known as Blackbeard.

The majority of MISSING WITNESS deals with the present day court case where the Judge seems to be favoring the opposition. The characters are lifelike and I could not help siding with Will in his impossible task.  This is a book that will be enjoyed by those readers who like historical mysteries.