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Product Identifiers
PublisherCreateSpace
ISBN-101463604815
ISBN-139781463604813
eBay Product ID (ePID)114101546
Product Key Features
Book TitleGood Lawyer
Number of Pages346 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicThrillers / General
FeaturesLarge Type
GenreFiction
AuthorThomas Benigno
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight20.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Edition DescriptionLarge Type / large print edition
SynopsisA young, ambitious lawyer is eager to prove he is better than the father who abandoned him and worthy of the devoted mother who raised him beyond the siren call of the mobster dominated family he grew up in AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER - - INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY The time is 1982. The place is the South Bronx. Working as a Bronx Legal Aid Attorney, Nick Mannino becomes an unbeatable defense lawyer - not a single conviction. When a rape victim commits suicide after a trial he won but should have lost , he is devastated. Searching for absolution, he grabs the headline case of a defendant he is convinced is innocent. Then one of the complaining witnesses turns up dead and he comes face to face with his greatest conflict and deepest fear: to win, really win, must he sacrifice every principle he believes in and embrace his family's mafia past?, INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY. A young, ambitious lawyer is eager to prove he is better than the father who abandoned him and worthy of the devoted mother who raised him beyond the siren call of the mobster dominated family he grew up in. Working as a Bronx Legal Aid Attorney he learns how to twist the system, how to become an unbeatable defense lawyer, and he his peacock proud of his perfect record-not a single conviction. But it's 1982. The Spiderman rapist is on the loose and New York City is a city in fear. When an outraged rape victim commits suicide right before his eyes, searching for absolution, he grabs the headline case of a teacher's aide accused of molesting three students. Armed with a firm belief in his client's innocence, he knocks the pegs out from under the prosecution's case. When one of the children turns up dead, he discovers that his client may be strangely connected to the Spiderman. Digging deeper, horrifying revelations about his family's past collide with the true identity of the sadistic sociopath behind the Spiderman's rampage. In the process, this good lawyer comes face-to-face with his greatest conflict and deepest fear: to win, really win-save the city and even the woman he loves-must he sacrifice every principle he believes in and embrace his family's mafia past to become judge, jury, and executioner?