Genre: Thriller Mark, Denny, Trey, Jerry, and Ahmed planned the “perfect” crime. Together, they planned, and executed, the nearly perfect heist of several of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s original handwritten manuscripts, including “The Great Gatsby”, from the Firestone Library at Princeton University. Each manuscript will be worth millions, and […]
Mark, Todd, Gordy, and Zola are best friends entering their last semester at Foggy Bottom Law School in Washington, D.C. Mired in debt, the four friends decide to start their law practice early…..death and intrigue follow[….]
Genre: Thriller (Short Story) 33 year old Tee Ray has been laid off from his job and is now living with his 14 year old son, Jameel, in a tent on his friend’s back porch. There are not many opportunities in Little Angola, and many of the underemployed […]
Genre: Thriller In 2010, seventeen years after the events in “Witness to a Trial” an informant is filing a complaint with the Florida Board of Judicial Conduct (BJC) against Judge Claudia McDover. Judge McDover, the informant claims, was in bed with the Catfish Mafia in 1993 to get […]
Genre: Thriller A naked man and woman were found murdered in a bedroom in Brunswick County, Florida about two miles from the Tappacola Reservation. Both victims were shot in the head. On trial for the murder is Tappacola Indian, Junior Mace, the woman’s husband, and best friend of […]
Genre: Thriller Sebastian Rudd is a criminal defense attorney. Is he part of a large law firm with fancy offices and high hourly rates? Nope. Rudd’s office is a fully decked-out van and his paralegal / driver / bodyguard is an ex-con named, Partner. Rudd is rude, crude, […]
Genre: Legal Thriller (After 25 years, Jake Brigance returns) “A Time to Kill” was John Grisham’s first book. But it was a less than a stellar introduction and did not become a hit until after “The Firm”, “The Pelican Brief”, “The Client”….etc. became huge. A movie was made […]
Genre: Thriller (Great read) – Federal Judge Ray Fawcett and his girlfriend have been murdered and his safe has been emptied. Malcolm Bannister, an ex-lawyer, is 5 years into a 10 year sentence in a minimum security prison in Frostburg, MD. He knows who the killer is. Malcolm […]
(Light-hearted fun) Buy it! 23 year old Blair Krank has just graduated from graduate school and is heading to Peru for a stint in the Peace Corps. Her parents, Luther and Nora Krank say goodbye and return to an empty house. Being Thanksgiving, Luther comes up with a […]
Genre: Legal Thriller (Very interesting mass tort thriller) – Oscar Finley and Wally Figg run a “boutique” law firm in Chicago. They are glorified ambulance chasers, but, have been happily (or not so happily) eeking out a living for many years. Oscar is in his early 60’s and […]
Genre: Legal Thriller Rating: 3.5 WaterTowers “Fetching Raymond” is short story from “Ford County Stories” by John Grisham Leon Graney borrows Mr. McBride’s upholstery business van for a road trip with his mother, Inez, and brother, Butch. They are going to visit their other brother, eternal optimist, Raymond, at Parchman […]
“Blood Drive” is short story from “Ford County Stories” by John Grisham Genre: Cozy (?) Rating: 4 WaterTowers (Three rednecks driving to Memphis to save a friend) Buy it! Bailey was working in Memphis when he got hurt and sent to the hospital. The details of his condition […]
Genre: Thriller Rating: 4 Watertowers Donte Drumm has less than a week to live. He is at the end of a 10 year stay on death row in Texas for killing Sloan (Texas) High School Cheerleader Nicole Yarber. Her body was never found, and the evidence during the […]
Book Review Genre: Thriller Rating: 3.5 Watertowers Kyle McAvoy is looking forward to graduation from Yale Law School. He is the editor of the prestigious “Yale Law Review” and has his pick of lucrative jobs as a law associate. But his heart is set on helping the poor in […]
John Grisham’s new book “The Associate” is due in stores today, Jan 27, 2009. Here is a link to his web site for a quick overview. Go here for my Reviews of some of John Grisham’s books (I have read them all, just not reviewed them all). […]
Genre: Legal Thriller Rating: 4 Water Towers After years of litigation, the small, nearly bankrupt, law firm of Payton & Payton (Mary Grace and Wes) has just won a $41 million lawsuit against New York based Krane Chemical. This is proof that the illegal dumping of chemicals […]
“V is for Vengeance” by Sue Grafton (sadly getting too close to “Y” :-(
