Primal Fear
by:
William Diehl (author)
"Spine-tingling...Mr. Diehl can sustain suspense."THE NEW YORKTIMESMartin Vail, the brilliant "bad-boy" lawyer every prosecutor and politician love to hate, is defending Aaron Stampler, a man found holding a bloody butcher's knife near a murdered archbishop. Vail is certain to lose, but Vail uses...
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"Spine-tingling...Mr. Diehl can sustain suspense."THE NEW YORKTIMESMartin Vail, the brilliant "bad-boy" lawyer every prosecutor and politician love to hate, is defending Aaron Stampler, a man found holding a bloody butcher's knife near a murdered archbishop. Vail is certain to lose, but Vail uses his unorthodox ways to good advantage when choosing his legal team--a tight group of men and women who must uncover the extraordinary truth behind the archbishop's slaughter. They do, in a heart-stopping climax unparalleled for the surprise it springs on the reader...From the Paperback edition.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780679402114 (067940211X)
Publish date: January 26th 1993
Publisher: Villard
Pages no: 418
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Law,
Suspense,
Legal Thriller
Series: Vail/Stampler (#1)
…A Bishop with an eminent standing in the local community is sadistically murdered by a teenager who was under his care, to the point that beyond the large amount of mortal wounds inflicted all over his body, his genital organs end up stuffed in his mouth .The potential perpetrator is a teenager s...
My sister kind of hinted me the ending so I was able to predict it and that's why I'm giving it 4 stars otherwise this book is a solid 5 out of 5. No questions asked.
Aaron Stampler is found in a confessional booth holding a knife, proclaiming his innocence, after someone killed the revered Bishop of the city. Martin Vail, a quick-witted lawyer who isn't afraid to leap before he looks, is basically coerced into defending the young man who appears guilty in every ...
this was actually pretty good, much better than i was expecting it to be. i would have given it 2 stars but the last third or so of the novel kept me really engrossed.
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