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Philip Friedman Grand Jury
Ivy Books 1996 0804112959 / 9780804112956 Mass Market Paperback Very Good
0804112959 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches From Library Journal Completing the trilogy begun with the well-received Reasonable Doubt (Donald I. Fine, 1990) and Inadmissible Evidence (Donald I. Fine, 1992), Grand Jury explores the secret workings of New York City's pretrial testing ground. An elderly Chinese couple is arrested for narcotics trafficking. One grand juror, herself part Chinese and oddly sympathetic to the pair, smells a rat. She inveigles another juror, a computer jock captivated by her beauty, into traveling with her to Asia, where love blooms. Back home, though, the local corruption squad has smelled the same rat, and the chase is on. And on and on. Having done prodigious research on these topics, Friedman lays them out in all their complexity, which makes it difficult for him to sustain the expected pace of an action thriller. But he is a strong, declarative writer, offering quick-fire dialog and appealing characters. His settings are gritty and realistic, though the sex and violence are muted by a considerate pen. Any library with a Friedman following will want to complete the set, and every collection stocking up for vacation reading should consider.?Barbara Conaty, Library of Congress Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From AudioFile Unlike the usual courtroom thriller, this exciting novel begins with a grand jury trial in which an elderly Chinese couple is charged with cocaine possession and illegal money. The trial is over within the first 10 minutes, but the real adventure is just beginning for jurors Susan Linwood and David Clark. Over the next six hours the listener is transported from midtown Manhattan to Chinatown and off to Hong Kong. Reader Rubinstein handles the voices of the characters with true skill, and his Chinese dialect is right on target. Just when the listener thinks the mystery is solved, the story takes another twist, and the climactic ending is a thrill ride for the ears and mind. Production quality is superb. S.I.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Philip Friedman Reasonable Doubt
Ivy Books 1990 0804107491 / 9780804107495 Mass Market Paperback Very Good
0804107491 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches From Publishers Weekly A former U.S. prosecutor defends his daughter-in-law, who is accused of beating his son to death. PW called this an "unlikely but entertaining hybrid of Rocky and Presumed Innocent ," although the finale is "flat and disappointing." Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Book Description Ex-federal prosecutor Michael Ryan has been estranged from his son Ned for three years when Ned is murdered, bludgeoned to death in the private room of a Soho art gallery. His daughter-in-law, wealthy socialite Jennifer Kneeland Ryan, has been indicted for the crime. Jennifer insists she's innocent and begs her father-in-law to defend her. Though Ryan wants to believe she's guilty, he can't turn her away. He takes the case. And as his ambivalence toward Jennifer intensifies, as the painful truth about his son's life begins to emerge, Ryan realizes that his own life is also on trial -- as a father, as a lawyer, and as a man.
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