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, and divorced from a venomous attorney (Judith) with a son in 2nd
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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 based on “A Time to Kill”, which starred Matthew McConaughey as small town
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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 contacts the authorities (starting with the warden) to make a deal: He
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(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 plan for Christmas. His plan is to skip it. After all, they
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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 dreams of divorce and retirement. Wally is younger (in his late 40’s)
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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 trial was circumstantial at best. Donte’s lawyer, Robbie Flak, has been working
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