The Local
The suspenseful Southern legal drama for fans of Michael Connelly and Steve Cavanagh
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- USD 7.99
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- USD 7.99
Publisher Description
<p>BIG BUSINESS
James Euchre lives an easy life as a local attorney in a small Texan town, making plenty of money from patent infringement cases.
BAD BLOOD
But when his mentor is killed, and one of his clients is arrested for murder, James is forced to take on his first criminal case - defending the man who allegedly killed his friend.
BETRAYAL
The deeper James goes into the case, the more he fears that he'll fail to save an innocent client's life - or worse, wind up freeing a guilty man...</p>
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
James Euchre, the narrator of film and TV writer Hartstone's impressive debut, has built a successful career as a patent lawyer in Marshall, Tex., which has become the country's leading jurisdiction for intellectual property litigation under the leadership of federal judge Gerald Gardner. When Gardner, Euchre's mentor, is fatally stabbed after a holiday party, the prime suspect is Amir Zawar, a wealthy tech entrepreneur whom Euchre was defending against a claim of copyright infringement before Gardner. After the judge denied Zawar's motion to dismiss the case, the irate Zawar cursed him out and threatened his life. Despite Euchre's lack of experience in criminal defense and close relationship with the murdered man, he's brought onboard as local counsel in the hopes that he'll be more relatable for the jury. Euchre and his colleagues pursue a two-track defense, poking holes in the prosecution's case to establish reasonable doubt while also investigating independently to identify a credible alternate suspect. The surprising twists are rendered plausible by Hartstone's mastery of conveying detailed trial strategies. Scott Turow readers should take a look.
