The Color of Law - Softcover

Gimenez, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307275000 ISBN 13: 9780307275004

Publisher: Anchor Books, 2006

Synopsis

In this riveting, unputdownable legal thriller, a partner at a prominent law firm is forced to choose between his enviable lifestyle and doing the right thing.

Former college football star Scott Fenney has worked his way to the top of the heap at the Dallas firm of Ford Stevens. But when Clark McCall, wayward son of a Texas politician, gets himself murdered after a night of booze, drugs, and rough sex, Scott is assigned to defend the prime suspect, a heroine-addicted hooker named Shawanda Jones. The powers that be want her convicted--and Scott's future at the firm may depend on it. But unfortunately for Scott, Shwanada claims she's innocent, and he believes her.

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Review:

"Move over John Grisham.... Mark Gimenez makes his debut with a legal thriller...that will keep you on the edge of your seat." -San Antonio Express-News"An unbeatable thriller with a lot of heart." -Texas Monthly"A delight.... Highly readable.... Gimenez's portrait of Dallas is venomous, vivid and heartfelt." -The Washington Post"A page-turner.... To Kill a Mockingbird with some Law & Order thrown in." -Houston Press"Fast-paced and thought-provoking.... A well calibrated contemporary morality play." -The Arizona Republic

Book Description:

When a hotshot Dallas lawyer is asked to defend a black prostitute accused of murder, he is forced to question everything he previously held dear. This is a legal thriller in which the ruthless politics of corporate law come face to face with the ethics of public defence.

About this edition

• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0307275000
• ISBN 13: 9780307275004
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 432