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ISBN: 9780515121827

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Mannabooks.
The deadline approaches. The lawyers and bankers work feverishly to close an $840 million leveraged buyout. Finally, the papers are signed...and the fuse of a time bomb is lit. In the pressure of the deal, no one has noticed one very small, simple error. It is an error that will cost the law firm of Freer, Motley & Stone millions of dollars--and cost one of its partners his life. Thus begins the most exciting legal thriller since Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent--a novel as powerful, complex, and compelling as the law itself... Mass Market Paperback, Label: Jove, Jove, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1997-12-01, Freigegeben: 1997-12-01, Studio: Jove, Verkaufsrang: 3259905.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, BobPrudhomme, Relentless Bookfinder.
New York U. S. A.: Jove. As New 1997. Paperback. Marfree, Nr/Fine 1st paperbk Ed; sm namestamp, not marked-in, underscored, clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours. ; 6.6 x 4 x 1.3 inches; 483 pages; \nFrom Publishers Weekly Weak characterizations, overblown prose and predictable plotting spoil Willet's debut, a legal thriller set in the rarefied financial and legal circles of greater Boston. The premise, though, is simple and sweet: as maverick attorney John Shepard closes the biggest deal in the history of Freer, Motley & Stone, no one notices that an error in the documents allows the recipient of the $840 million mortgage that supports the deal to pay it off with $840 thousand. The horrified partners learn that they may face hundreds of millions in malpractice liability. Soon the senior partner is dead, and Shepard is arrested for his murder. Two weeks from trial, Shepard fires his high-profile defense attorney and persuades his friend Ed Mulcahy, a litigator at Freer, to take the case. Ed does, and promptly loses his job. With little time to prepare, limited trial experience, a difficult client and Boston's legal and political establishment arrayed against him, Ed thus must win this case as much for himself as for his client. Willett fills the narrative with tired genre turns, such as how the stress of the trial draws Mulcahy and his assistant together romantically. His dialogue is equally cheap (a black youth: "He a strong muhfucker. Wipped yo' ass"; a P. I. : "Shepid? I heard aboudim") . Off the street and inside boardrooms and courtrooms, Willett's atmospherics seem authentic-he is himself a partner in a Boston law firm-but it's hard to accept the incredible confluences of incompetence and naivete from his cast of high-priced lawyers. An unsatisfying denouement proves a poor reward for those who hang on to see how the story's many loopholes are closed. Simultaneous Random AudioBook. Copyright 1996 Reed. From Library Journal A maverick lawyer in a staid Boston law firm, John Shepard has been bypassed for a partnership but is hanging on to close one last deal for the firm. This deal involves a $900 million loan, and the stakes are high. After the papers are signed, it is discovered that someone dropped three zeroes from the amount of the loan. Did Shepard deliberately let the error pass to get back at the firm and the mentor who failed to support his partnership? When Shepard's mentor is murdered and Shepard is arrested, he calls in an old debt from his friend Ed Mulcahy, whose criminal law experience is a bit rusty. Mulcahy gets to work, even though it means he may lose his job. The legal and financial detail involved in this complicated and convoluted thriller is occasionally dense, but Willett builds the suspense slowly and surely to a powerful climax. Highly recommended wherever legal thrillers are in demand. -Dean James, Houston Acad. Of Medicine Lib. Copyright 1996 Reed. .

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action and adventure,contemporary,genre fiction,legal,literature and fiction,mystery,mystery thriller and suspense,psychological thrillers,suspense,thrillers, The deadline approaches. The lawyers and bankers work feverishly to close an $840 million leveraged buyout. Finally, the papers are signed...and the fuse of a time bomb is lit. In the pressure of the deal, no one has noticed one very small, simple error. It is an error that will cost the law firm of Freer, Motley & Stone millions of dollars--and cost one of its partners his life. Thus begins the most exciting legal thriller since Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent--a novel as powerful, complex, and compelling as the law itself...

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, BookHolders.
[ Edition: Reprint ]. Fair Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Publisher: Jove Pub Date: 12/1/1997 Binding: Paperback Pages: 496.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Free State Books, MD, Halethorpe, [RE:5].
Softcover.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, thriftbooks.com, WA, Auburn, [RE:5].
Softcover.