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Title: Letter of the Law, The by Tim Green ISBN: 0-446-60995-1 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.39 (33 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Almost a thriller
Comment: This was the first Tim Green book I have read. I was interested in something light but exciting and 'Letter of the Law' fit the bill. Neither weak character development, stilted writing, nor somewhat unbelievable plotting took away from my enjoyment of this light read. It didn't matter to me that the author knew nothing about law enforcement or law, it was an ok book to pass some time with. But 2/3rds of the way through the book the author's plot began to be so unbelievable, his characters so absurd that I began to laugh out loud and I skimmed through the remainder hoping that the plot wasn't going in the direction I feared it was heading towards. It did.
Additionally, If Mr. Green read's these comments, he should have someone explain to him how computers work. His lack of basic computer knowledge is embarrassing.
Still, this book was a fast and enjoyable read and shows that the author has a lot of potential for airport thrillers. I intend to buy his next book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Solid, entertaining legal thriller
Comment: Tim Green is a pretty amazing guy. He starting writing thrillers while still an active player in the NFL. Somewhere along the line he picked up a law degree, passed the bar on the first try, and established a business law practice. He now comments on football in USA Today and on NPR as well as announcing games for FOX (which he says is "like methadone for a heroin addict.") He also has four small children.
Somehow, in the middle of all of this he writes books. This is his first book without a hint of football and it worked pretty well for me. This is your basic vacation reading sort of a book. It has a well paced plot, is written competently and the chapters leave you wanting to read more. Green is a bit heavy handed with the forshadowing. Likewise, the is it Sales or Lipton ping-pong is overdone. (Makes you wonder how good a writer Green would be if he actually wrote full-time.)
The characters vary in quality. Most interesting for me were Sales, the murder victim's father and Bolinger, the Austin, Texas cop. Casey Jordan, the lawyer turned slueth, is harder to warm up to. As for Lipton, the law professor, he is right up there with Hannibal Lector.
Bottom-line: Not likely to win any awards but a good choice for those who like legal thrillers for their entertainment reading. It is a bit gorey for those with squeamish stomachs.
Rating: 4
Summary: Sometimes the Guilty Go Free
Comment: Marcia Sales eviscerated body was discovered by her paperboy. She'd been a beautiful co-ed studying law at the University of Texas. Austin cop Bob Bolinger has a list of suspects and he's not crossing anybody out, not even the girl's father. However his prime candidate for the murder is Eric Lipton, one of Marcia's law professors.
Lipton flees, is caught near the airport and a bloody lingerie is found in his baggage. He claims he was sexually involved with Marcia. Lipton engages former student Casey Jordan, who is driven by success, but all through the trial Casey is uneasy, because Bolinger is convinced of Lipton's guilt, not only that, he thinks the man is a serial killer. Finally the verdict is in, it's about to be read. Lipton leans toward Casey and admits to the murder.
And now the killing begins.
Reviewed by Vesta Irene
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Title: Fourth Perimeter, The by Tim Green ISBN: 0446612510 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Red Zone by Tim Green ISBN: 0446607568 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Ruffians : A Novel by Tim Green ISBN: 0312953887 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Fifth Angel by Tim Green ISBN: 0446530859 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Titans by Tim Green ISBN: 0446606367 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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