The #1 lawyer / James Patterson & Nancy Allen.

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Author:

Patterson, James, 1947- author.

Allen, Nancy (Lawyer), author.

ISBN:

9780316499675

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

423 pages ; 25 cm

Abstract:

Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation for winning every case he tries. In his sharp suits and polished Oxford shoes, Penney is Biloxi, Mississippi's #1 Lawyer and top local celebrity. Just as Penney notches his latest courtroom victory, his wife is scandalously killed. He spirals into a legal and personal losing streak, damaging his reputation and ruining his career. That's when Penney makes a bold decision. He stops trading on his power-lawyer identity and creates a new one: lawyer lifeguard. Moonlighting at the beach, showing up to court in flip-flops, mentoring a law student, the new Penney is at first unrecognizable. It's said that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. But when Penney is accused of murder, the #1 Lawyer will find a way to triumph.

Subject Term:

Criminal defense lawyers -- Fiction.

Murder -- Fiction.

Suspects (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction.

Reputation -- Fiction.

Trials (Murder) -- Fiction.

Avocats de la défense pénale -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Meurtre -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Suspects (Enquêtes criminelles) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Réputation -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Procès (Meurtre) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Legal stories.

Homicide -- Fiction.

Widowers -- Fiction.

Lifeguards -- Fiction.

Courts -- Fiction.

FICTION / Thrillers / Legal.

FIC031010.

FICTION / Thrillers / Crime.

Geographic Term:

Biloxi (Miss.) -- Fiction.

Southern States -- Fiction.

Genre:

Legal fiction (Literature)

Added Author:

Allen, Nancy (Lawyer),

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Biloxi's best criminal defense attorney has never lost a case. Then his client's beautiful wife is murdered, and America's #1 lawyer suddenly becomes its #1 suspect.

Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation for winning every case he tries. In his sharp suits and polished Oxford shoes, Penney is Biloxi, Mississippi's #1 Lawyer and top local celebrity.

Just as Penney notches his latest courtroom victory, his wife is scandalously killed. He spirals into a legal and personal losing streak, damaging his reputation and ruining his career.

That's when Penney makes a bold decision. He stops trading on his power-lawyer identity and creates a new one: lawyer lifeguard. Moonlighting at the beach, showing up to court in flip-flops, mentoring a law student, the new Penney is at first unrecognizable.

It's said that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. But when Penney is accused of murder, the #1 Lawyer will find a way to triumph.