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Chargement... What’s Past Is Prologue: A Joanne Kilbourn Mysterypar Gail Bowen
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Appartient à la sérieJoanne Kilbourn (21)
From Arthur Ellis Award-winning Grand Master of Crime Writers comes the newest installment in the Joanne Kilbourn series When Libby Hogarth, the go-to lawyer for the rich or famous who have committed heinous crimes, comes to Regina to deliver the prestigious Mellohawk Lecture, she is met with a torrent of hostility and misinformation. Libby Hogarth had successfully defended Jared Delio, a wildly popular national radio host, against charges of sexual abuse brought against him by three Regina women. Her no-holds-barred cross-examination of the women stirred up a rage that still smolders. Zack and Joanne Shreve's commitment to protect Libby goes beyond the fact that in defending Delio, Libby had simply applied the principles at the root of the justice system. Zack and Libby share a history. They were the last two students to article with Fred C. Harney, a brilliant alcoholic lawyer who changed both their lives. Sawyer MacLeish, Libby's associate, was like a much-loved third son to Joanne when he was growing up, and she fears that Sawyer will suffer collateral damage from any attack on Libby. Joanne's fears are not groundless, and when the inevitable happens, Joanne, Zack, and their extended family must pick up the pieces. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Review of the ECW Press hardcover edition (September 6, 2022).
This is the 21st in the Joanne Kilborn lawyer-mystery series and a lot of time in this book is spent in recapping the history of her family and situations from the past 20 books. Everything is very polite and politically correct and unfortunately it is all somewhat boring. There is very little drama and mystery really. The setup promised quite a bit, but the execution was a let-down. Lawyer Libby Hogarth comes to town to deliver a prestigious lecture after a controversial defense of an alleged rapist (shades of lawyer Marie Henein and the Jian Ghomeshi trial (who was accused of assault & battery)). She is threatened by various activists and is eventually murdered. After a lot of further talking, and art exhibit openings, and family dinners, the culprit is revealed.
I obtained a free copy of this book through the Saskatchewan Book Awards where it was a nominee for the City of Regina Award, for which I participated in a jury of 3 readers. We agreed to embargo our participation and opinions until after the Award Announcements on May 4, 2023.