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A Cure for Night (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780767929417)
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xA Washington Post Best Book of the Year Edgar Nominee-
Best First Novel Joel Deveraux is a rising star at a white-shoe law firm in Manhattan. But after a drug-related scandal costs him his job and nearly his law license, he slides down the corporate ladder to the Booklyn Defenders office. He arrives just in time for a high profile murder case, where he is assigned to work with the tough and savvy Myra Goldstein. With pressure from their boss and interest from the tabloids, they take on the defense of a black pot dealer from the projects who is charged with the murder of a white college student. Joel quickly learns that urban criminal law is a form of combat where the best story wins-but who's telling the truth and who's lying are matters of life and death.
Author: Justin Peacock
ISBN-10: 0767929411
ISBN-13: 9780767929417
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2009
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.26w x 0.76d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 11/08/2009 pg. 36
Best First Novel Joel Deveraux is a rising star at a white-shoe law firm in Manhattan. But after a drug-related scandal costs him his job and nearly his law license, he slides down the corporate ladder to the Booklyn Defenders office. He arrives just in time for a high profile murder case, where he is assigned to work with the tough and savvy Myra Goldstein. With pressure from their boss and interest from the tabloids, they take on the defense of a black pot dealer from the projects who is charged with the murder of a white college student. Joel quickly learns that urban criminal law is a form of combat where the best story wins-but who's telling the truth and who's lying are matters of life and death.
Author: Justin Peacock
ISBN-10: 0767929411
ISBN-13: 9780767929417
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2009
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.26w x 0.76d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 11/08/2009 pg. 36
By Justin Peacock
xJustin Peacock received an MFA from Columbia University and a law degree from Yale. Prior to attending law school, he worked as an online producer at the New York Times. His legal experience ranges from death-penalty defense to First Amendment cases. He lives in Brooklyn. www.justinpeacock.net
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