From the Grave
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Disbarred defence attorney Edward Hall discovers that in order to win his case he has to lose in this tense and twisting legal thriller.
"You want me to represent the most hated man in Houston?"
Disbarred Texas lawyer Edward Hall returns to the courtroom after accepting an offer from the District Attorney to represent the most obviously guilty defendant in town. It's a poisoned chalice. Not only is his client charged with kidnapping the DA's sister, he is already well-known for the previous kidnapping of a celebrity's son.
But if Edward handles this well, he has a chance to regain his law licence. And Edward understand that by 'handling the case well', the DA means he needs to lose. Labouring under this impossible conflict of interest, Edward prepares for the trial with the help of his resourceful girlfriend Linda. But as the trial approaches, Edward finds himself having to solve and prove a completely different case: one of cold-blooded murder.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Edgar-finalist Brandon's lame sequel to 2018's Against the Law, which introduced Houston attorney Edward Hall, who lost his law license and did time after burglarizing a judge's chamber to steal cocaine, offers more improbabilities. Donald Willis, who recently finished a prison sentence for kidnapping a football star's child, stands accused of abducting socialite Diana Greene, who told the SWAT team that rescued her that Willis had forced her to come with him to an abandoned shack. Since Greene's sister, Julia Lipscomb, is the district attorney for Houston, Lipscomb recuses herself, but only after arranging for Hall to represent Willis. Despite being disbarred, Hall is allowed by the State Bar to act as defense counsel. Hall finds his client's story that Greene's husband hired him as a bodyguard for her unconvincing, but pursues a vigorous defense nonetheless. Unmemorable prose and characters only reinforce the unreality. Nothing in the courtroom scenes will make the reader forget Scott Turow.
