Helpful Score: 2
Great coutroom drama! Good character development. Very enjoyable read.
Helpful Score: 2
Law and courtroom stories usually put me to sleep, but I have to say that I got into this pretty good. It sort of reminded me of The Chamber if only because a relative defends another.
interesting subject
A little dry
A great courtroom story.
A lawyer agrees to defend his son's accused murderer after much anguish.
A suspenseful legal thriller about an ex-federal prosecutor compelled to defend his daughter-in-law accused of murdering his long estranged son.
Ex-federal prosecutor Michael Ryan has been estranged from his 27-year-old son Ned for 3 years when Ned is murdered. His daughter-in-law, wealthy socialite Jennifer Kneeland Ryan, has been indicted for the crime--Ned was bludgeoned to death in the private room of a Soho art gallery. Jennifer insists she's innocent and begs her father-in-law to defend her. Ryan wants to believe she's guilty, to bury his grief for the son he hardly knew and get on with his life, but he can't turn her away. He agrees to take the case.
Teetering on an emotional precipice himself, Michael Ryan dusts off his rusty legal skills to lead the defense in the most sensatinal New York murder trial in decades. And as his ambivalence about 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.
Straight off of the back of the book
Teetering on an emotional precipice himself, Michael Ryan dusts off his rusty legal skills to lead the defense in the most sensatinal New York murder trial in decades. And as his ambivalence about 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.
Straight off of the back of the book
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.
From back cover--Ex-federal prosecutor Michael Ryan has been estranged from his 27-year old son for 3 years when his son is murdered. His daughter-in-law has been indicted for the crime, but insists she's innocent. Michael Ryan decides to lead the defense in this sensational New York murder trial.
Ex-federal prosecutor Michael Ryan has been estranged from his twenty seven year old son Ned for three years when Ned is murdered. His daughter-in-law, wealthy socialite Jennifer Kneeland Ryan, has been indicted for the crime--Ned was bludgeoned to death in the private room of a Soho art gallery. Jennifer insists she's innocent and begs her father-in-law to defend her. Ryan wants to believe she's guilty, to bury his grief for the son he hardly knew and get on with his life, but he can't turn her away. He agrees to take the case.......
