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Title: In Her Defense by Stephen Horn ISBN: 0-06-109875-2 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (38 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An Interesting Debut
Comment: Legal thrillers are pretty much of a sameness--young, beautiful damsel in distress, down-on-his luck attorney, twists, turns, yawns. In Her Defense includes all these elements with the exception of the yawns and the addition of a genuinely likable protagonist. I admit to enjoying this book a great deal inspite of my reservations for the genre in general. Frank O'Connell's relationship with his ex-father-in-law is terrific and his "operatives," wonderfully, are people I would like to meet.
The flaw--and it's not a small one--is that Ashley Bronson is a complete throw-away. (Writers and publishers take note: the client needs to be neither young nor beautiful. In fact, if a book's dustjacket or blurbs include "beautiful" in a character's description, I won't buy it.) Anyone or anything, including goldfish that provide haircuts at reduced rates, would have been more interesting in place of Ashley, the obligatory femme fatale.
Having said that, however, I still recommend In Her Defense as an interesting, fast-paced legal thriller with very human and appealing characters (save one), and great plot twists. I hope to see more from this author.
Rating: 5
Summary: In Her Defense
Comment: Frank O'Connell has lost his family, his name, and a partnership in his father-in-law's prestigious Washington firm. He now has to comb the cellblocks for clients. One day while he is down in the cellblocks talking to a client, a woman in the next cellblock notices Frank, and when she gets out of jail, she goes to him and hires him.
Ashley Bronson is the client and she is accused of killing Raymond Garvey, former Secretary of Commerce. In the beginning, it appears to Frank that the most difficult thing about the case is that Ashley confessed. He soon finds out that there is more to this case that meets the eye, and it started years before the murder.
This is Stephen Horn's first novel and what a great read it is. This is not just your typical mystery. There are Russian American spies involved. The courtroom scenes were as up and down as a roller coaster. This was a fast-paced legal thriller with a tale of betrayal and murder all wrapped up in one suspenseful story.
Kudos to Stephen Horn. I cannot wait for his second book.
Rating: 5
Summary: I can't wait for the next book
Comment: In a few words, Stephen Horn captured me on the first page and held me until the last. He has that rare ability to spin an outstanding yarn.
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Title: Law of Gravity by Stephen Horn ISBN: 0061098760 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Special Circumstances by Sheldon Siegel ISBN: 0553581929 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 26 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Incriminating Evidence by Sheldon Siegel ISBN: 0553581937 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Defense by D.W. Buffa ISBN: 044900399X Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 29 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Prosecution by D.W. Buffa ISBN: 0449006905 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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