The Rules of Action - Couverture souple

Napoleon, Landon J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0988651963 ISBN 13 : 9780988651968

Editeur : Avery Press, 2014

Synopsis

“Briskly told and well-drawn… A fast-paced tale of justice in action and a remarkably accurate portrait of a trial lawyer’s daily grind.”
—Kirkus Reviews

IT'S 1970, AND AMERICA HAS A DIRTY SECRET

The author of "ZigZag"—“One of the boldest and most original first novels to appear in a long time” (Carl Hiaasen)—reinvents the legal drama popularized by Michael Connelly, John Grisham and Scott Turow. Human beings are being warehoused in substandard nursing homes, neglected and left to die under suspicious circumstances. But this is America in the 1970s, and no one seems to know about it, much less care.

Rookie lawyer Connor J. Devlin discovers this secret underworld when he meets One-Armed Lucky, a cagey Vietnam vet and bail bondsman with an uncanny knowledge of the law. Lucky refers Devlin’s new client, a heartbroken but tenacious woman who’s convinced that neglectful nursing home care killed her mother Ann, a greyhound-racing devotee and Lucky’s best friend. But Devlin has a big problem. Taking on a nursing home for wrongful death in the 1970s—one backed by a corporation owned by a hardnosed Texas industrialist—will be almost impossible. Almost.

In this Devlin series debut, a "briskly told and well-drawn" (Kirkus Reviews) legal drama, Landon J. Napoleon offers all the thrills of John Grisham and other masters of the genre, while proving that "legal procedure can provide as much action, suspense and whodunit excitement as any shootout or car chase."

“The Rules of Action is one of the most compelling and entertaining books I have ever read on the strategy and gamesmanship of the legal process.”
—Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

LANDON J. NAPOLEON is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction books. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Arizona State University, a master’s degree from University of Glasgow in Scotland, and has been an author for more than two decades. His debut novel "ZigZag" received starred reviews, was a Barnes & Noble “Discover Great New Writers” finalist (1999), was translated into multiple foreign editions, and was adapted for a motion picture (Franchise Pictures, 2002) starring John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, and Wesley Snipes. His nonfiction biography "Burning Shield: The Jason Schechterle Story" was the March 2014 “Arizona Republic Recommends” selection: “Landon J. Napoleon displays a flair for detail in this fast-moving book." Interweaving narratives of human triumph, medical marvels, police procedure and high-stakes legal showdowns, this “inspiring true story” (Kirkus Reviews) chronicles the odyssey of a rare human being with an undeniable will to live. "Burning Shield: The Jason Schechterle Story" is "An inspiring true story of triumph" (Publishers Weekly). www.landonjnapoleon.com www.burningshield.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Avery Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0988651963
• ISBN 13: 9780988651968
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 331
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