High Crimes - Softcover

Finder, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312378823 ISBN 13: 9780312378820

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2011

Synopsis

Meet Claire Heller Chapman. A criminal defense attorney who's made a name for herself by taking on--and winning--the toughest cases, Claire still manages to have a relatively calm life as a Harvard Law School professor, devoted wife, and proud mother to six-year-old Annie. Until one night, when the family is out having dinner, a team of government agents bursts onto the scene...heading straight for Claire's husband.

Tom Chapman has been arrested for an atrocious crime he swears he did not commit. Claire is desperate to believe him--and prove his innocence--even when she learns that Tom once had a different name. And a different face. Now, in a top-secret court-martial conducted by the Pentagon, Claire will put everything on the line to defend the man she loves. But as the evidence keeps piling up, the less she knows who her husband really is...and the more he appears to be a cold-blooded murderer...in Joseph Finder's High Crimes.

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Review

When (not if---the deal has already been signed) this terrific thriller gets made into a movie, you might see Morgan Freeman as a crusty lawyer who specializes in taking on the military establishment tell the actress playing ace Boston barrister and Harvard Law professor Claire Heller Chapman, "Every civilian who's ever gone into a military general court-martial and tried to attack the foundations of the military has lost his case. No exceptions. The military is a tight, closed fraternity. They take it real serious. Military justice is a deadly serious business." Claire has to realize this as she prepares to defend her husband--the man she knows as Tom Chapman, but who the Army says is Ron Kubik--on charges that he took part in a massacre of 87 civilians in San Salvador 13 years before. Full of doubts about Tom's innocence and her own ability to prove it in an unfamiliar arena, Claire is brought to exciting, moving life by the extravagantly gifted Joseph Finder, whose previous thrillers (Extraordinary Powers, The Zero Hour) are available in paperback

Review

"Fast and furious." --The New York Times Book Review

"Exciting . . . deliciously absorbing . . . full of hair-pin turns." --The Washington Post

"A powerhouse tale." --Chicago Tribune

"Provocative and chilling." --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"Rattling good entertainment." --Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"Financial thriller whiz Joe Finder has fully and seamlessly entered the world of Lee Child and James Rollins. A rousing, lightning-paced thriller from the first page to the last. " --Providence Journal on Vanished

"If Jack Reacher met Nick Heller in a dark alley, my money's on Reacher. But it would be ugly. Or would it? Actually, I think they'd go for a beer together and set the world to rights--because Joseph Finder has given me a terrific new hero to root for. This is an action-packed, full-throttle, buy-it-today-read-it-tonight series that you definitely shouldn't miss." --Lee Child on Vanished

"A humdinger....a thriller to enjoy for its Washington locales, convincing familiarity with cutting-edge spy gadgetry, and taut action scenes." --Washington Post on Vanished

"Cliffhangers galore, the fascinating tradecraft of corporate espionage, and an engrossing story will propel readers through this outstanding thriller. Highly recommended as a great summer read." --Library Journal (starred review) on Vanished

"Written in staccato chapters that are emotionally supercharged and action-packed, this thriller will more than satisfy adrenaline junkies and have them guessing until the very end." --Publishers Weekly on Vanished

"Breakneck pace and labyrinthine schemes . . . ingenious." --Booklist on Vanished

"Heller is Finder's new series character and ...will very shortly be mentioned in the same breath as Reacher and Bosch...If you only read one book this summer, make it Vanished." --Crimespree magazine on Vanished

"Moves at the pace of an injected neuro-toxin...You'll curse Finder for keeping you up into the early hours." --Shots magazine on Vanished

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0312378823
• ISBN 13: 9780312378820
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 400