She is a lovely golden retriever who helps Andy to calm down and to rejuvenate when the case and all the puzzle pieces become frustratingly vague and unrelated. Meantime, there is Tara – another love interest, but of the 4-legged variety. His estranged wife is trying to reconcile but Andy and his beautiful investigator are also attracted to each other.
#Shut in plot summary trial#
The trial is coming up fast, and Andy receives threats and is being harassed.
Andy decides to defend Willie from the perspective that he was set up, and the further he looks into the case, the more his suspicions become reinforced. The further Andy looks into Willie’s case after winning an appeal for a new trial, the more suspicious events from 40 years before become – and those events may even involve his father. Shortly afterward, Andy’s father dies and Andy inherits 22M that no-one in the family knew about. In fact, Andy Carpenter, a defense lawyer, is a bit of a cut-up and on occasion it gets him into trouble – particularly with judges.Īndy’s father, a previous prosecutor, tells his son to check into a case that put Willie, a young black man, into prison for the past seven years and who is now on death row. This story is funny – the writing is witty and smart.
#Shut in plot summary series#
Shortly afterward This is the first in a legal thriller series that I’m sure I will continue to enjoy if this first book is any indication. Andy’s father, a previous prosecutor, tells his son to check into a case that put Willie, a young black man, into prison for the past seven years and who is now on death row. In fact, Andy Carpenter, a defense lawyer, is a bit of a cut-up and on occasion it gets him into trouble – particularly with judges. This is the first in a legal thriller series that I’m sure I will continue to enjoy if this first book is any indication. Struggling to serve justice and bring honor to his father, Andy must dig up some explosive political skeletons - and an astonishing family secret that can close his case (and his mouth) for good.more and a murder case with enough racial tinder to burn down City Hall. The shocks pile on as he discovers his dad left him with two unexpected legacies: a fortune of $22 million that Andy never knew existed. However, just as it seems Andy has everything figured out, his dad, New Jersey's legendary ex-D.A., drops dead in front of him at a game in Yankee Stadium.
Tara, a golden retriever, is clearly smarter than half the lawyers who clog the courts of Passaic County. But Andy prefers the company of his best friend, Tara, to the people he encounters in the courtroom. Whether dueling with new forensics or the local old boys' network, irreverent defense attorney Andy Carpenter always leaves them awed with his biting wit and winning fourth-quarter game plan. The only problem she has ever caused is that I spend so much time with her in the mornings that I am almost invariably late for work." I know, I know, it's a big planet with a lot of wonderful things, but golden retrievers are the absolute best. The only problem she has ever caused is that I spend so much time with her in the mornings that I am almost invariably late for work." Whether dueling with new forensics or the local old boys' net "There is nothing like a golden retriever. "There is nothing like a golden retriever.
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