FINAL ARGUMENT - A Legal Thriller (Clifford Irving's Legal Novels Book 2)
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (623 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00J2740X0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 134 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Culminating in an edge-of-the-seat courtroom showdown with plenty of surprises, this superior thriller is a top example of the genre. Lee testified 12 years earlier in a case involving the murder of rich Floridian Solomon Zide; Jaffe, then a state prosecutor, obtained the conviction of a young black man named Darryl Morgan who still sits on death row. . At age 48, Ted Jaffe seems set for life: he's a partner at one of Florida's most prestigious law firms, and has a devoted wife and two children who love him. Then Elroy Lee, arrested on a cocaine charge, phones Jaffe because his name looks familiar in the Sarasota Yellow Pages. Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club alternate. Jaffe ponders why he became a lawyer and races for a new trial before Morgan's fast-approaching execution date. From Publishers Weekly Irving's 11th novel (after Trial
"Life Saving Through Sacrifice" according to Steven A. Chase. I never read Mr. Irving's books when they were current. I just started to check him out and, being a criminal defense lawyer, I found them intriguing and fast paced. "Final Argument" does not disappoint. This is a realistic portrayal of what criminal defense lawyers face with their clients and their cases. The character development is outstanding; the plot twist. "Like "Trial", a fast-paced legal whodunit" according to Pushing 70. I love lawyer/cop books and this is one of the best. If it keeps me reading late into the night, then I know it's good. The Florida setting with a former assistant prosecutor now working for a high-end law firm is quite believable coming from a family full of lawyers. None of them are inclined to read this book but if they did I know they'd find it well-written . A cut above the rest A very unusual approach to criminal legal thrillersit kept one spellbound and I liked the way it ended. Unlike quite a few of the current titles, it did manage to tie up almost all the loose ends but not in a contrived manner. Characterizations were drawn with efficient strokes and the main subject of the story transformation from a louche to a sympathetic chara
Can Ted deal with his past loves and indiscretions? FINAL ARGUMENT is about his battle - at the risk of career, marriage, and personal safety - to free a man he believes he has grievously wronged.. Ten years later, now in a lucrative private practice, Ted returns to the same courtroom in a desperate attempt to save Morgan's life. Connie Zide, the widow of the murdered man, a beautiful older woman whom Ted has loved previously with a rare passion, stands in his way. Ted Jaffe, a Florida district attorney, sends Darryl Morgan, a convicted murderer, to Death Row. Can Ted Jaffe represent a murderer he once prosecuted? The legal establishment wants to disbar him for it. A masterly tale of murder, courtroom justice, marital love and infidelity, FINAL ARGUMENT is set among beachside multimillionaires and features the rarest of heroes - a criminal lawyer with a conscience