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Excellent legal novel (hate to lock these into a genre since the Jaywalker novels occupy a genre all their own.) Jeremy Estrada is guilty. No question. He walked over and shot his adversary in the head. Most attorneys would have plead Estrada out hoping for the best. Not Jaywalker who fervently be...
Jaywalker, of course, is different.”I have to admit to really enjoying the Jaywalker series. They have a certain insouciance and impertinence toward the legal system that’s refreshing. At the same time, Jaywalker’s tenacity and effort on behalf of his clients, often indigent, is admirable. I’m no...
While not terrible this legal thriller just did not do a lot for me. The plot was adequate and the characters serviceable but nothing really stood out and while I finished the book I doubt if I read further in the series.
Another winner from Joseph Teller who has a lock on fictional legal cynicism as far as I’m concerned. Jaywalker is still on suspension when is is approached (a term here I use very loosely) by Amanda Drake whose estranged husband, Clarke, has been arrested on murder charges. It seems he got smashed...
Unlike Bronx Justice Bronx Justice which was more or less autobiographical, this novel has more humor and less of a sense of doom. It has some funny lines, related to the way things work, like cop-speak. The cop writes in his report: " 'did knowlingly and voluntarily grant them consent to affect e...