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Praise for Philip Friedman's previous bestsellers, REASONABLE DOUBT, INADMISSABLE EVIDENCE and GRAND JURY:
'Undoubtedly the best courtroom drama I have ever read' Lawrence Block, author of ARIEL
'Provides a wonderful opportunity to get inside a lawyer's mind... A novel that, once started, must be read to its conclusion' Booklist
'Monumental' Los Angeles Times
''Hypnotically interesting' LA Times [In.Evid]
'Provides a wonderful opportunity to get inside a lawyer's mind...A novel that, once started, must be read to its conclusion' Booklist
'Friedman's evocation of the complexity and uncertainty of a major homocide trial succeeds wonderfully' Entertainment Weekly
'Courtroom drama at it's best' Entertainment Weekly
'Readers will finish this thoughtful, richly nuanced novel knowing more about the gloss and grit, the surface and soul of 21st century urban life than when they began' Publishers Weekly
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'Weightily convincing' The Times
'Friedman may be no match for Grisham in terms of canny plotting, but he is probably a better writer...' The Times
'The plot...is handled in a truly stylish and vigorous fashion' Crime Time
Praise for Philip Friedman's previous bestsellers, REASONABLE DOUBT, INADMISSABLE EVIDENCE and GRAND JURY:
'Undoubtedly the best courtroom drama I have ever read' Lawrence Block, author of ARIEL
'Provides a wonderful opportunity to get inside a lawyer's mind... A novel that, once started, must be read to its conclusion' Booklist
'Monumental' Los Angeles Times
''Hypnotically interesting' LA Times [In.Evid]
'Provides a wonderful opportunity to get inside a lawyer's mind...A novel that, once started, must be read to its conclusion' Booklist
'Friedman's evocation of the complexity and uncertainty of a major homocide trial succeeds wonderfully' Entertainment Weekly
'Courtroom drama at it's best' Entertainment Weekly
'Readers will finish this thoughtful, richly nuanced novel knowing more about the gloss and grit, the surface and soul of 21st century urban life than when they began' Publishers Weekly
Combines the story-telling facility of John Grisham with the literary quality of Scott Turow
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- PublisherFeature
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0747273502
- ISBN 13 9780747273509
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages416
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