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Chargement... Le Prince de Lexington Avenue (2005)par James Sheehan
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A simple young man enticed into visiting a sexy young woman's home. The next day she is dead, and he is framed for murder. A many-layered story of how this young man's circumstances affect others, including his father's best friend. Enjoyed it - it kept me reading. Bookcrossing: http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5457125/ A corrupt small-town Florida police department arrests Rudy Kelly, a "slow" 19-year-old, for a murder he didn't commit, and, after an ineffectual public defender fumbles the case, Rudy receives a death sentence. Flashbacks to the 1960s New York childhoods of Mikey Kelly and Johnny Tobin. Ten years after Rudy's conviction, Tobin, now a hotshot Miami lawyer bored with his life, leaves his firm and finds a new direction after reading about Mikey's death and starts looking into his son Rudy's conviction. The first half of this book is quite strong and well-developed. However, its second half steadily deteriorates when Tobin and his cohorts become the central figures in the plot to correct the wrongs that were done. Sheehan is an attorney that has been compared to Grisham. This is his first novel – and it shows. Most of his characters are thinly developed, their exploits are often unrealistic and contrived, his technique at foreshadowing serves to make many of the intended surprise elements too predictable, and the dialogue he has his characters speak is often cliche-ridden and corny. Hopefully, Sheehan’s next outing will show some development in his skills. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: Growing up on the mean streets of New York City, Johnny and Mikey always had each other's back. Mikey was a loyal friend, but even he knew that Johnny was headed for bigger things. Thatâ??s why he dubbed him the "Mayor of Lexington Avenue." The two friends were inseparable - until one fateful night set them on their different paths: Johnny to life as a high-powered lawyer in Miami, and Mikey to a shattered existence behind bars. Now, haunted by guilt over Mikey's conviction, and numbed by the excesses of a successful life, Johnny finds his one last shot at redemption: A young Florida man is framed for a murder he didn't commit, and Johnny feels compelled to fight for him - and, in a way, for Mikey. But there are powerful people who want the truth hidden, and Johnny will have to risk everything and everyone he cares about to save the young manâ?¦and himself Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Once the lead in was done however the story really takes off with the murder of a local woman in a Florida backwater town called Bass Creek. A slow, almost retarded man is set up for the crime by a corrupt and lazy police officer and as the story unfolds we see a struggling mother try to raise the funds to provide for a defense lawyer, a lazy district attorney wanting to leverage the case for his career path and the failure of the justice system.
The story is quite moving at times and gets more gripping as it unfolds, if like me the flashbacks turn you off, you will be rewarded with an excellent legal thriller and court room drama if you persevere. Really enjoyed the way the story unfolded and the narrative expanded past the initial murder case into something more (I would say more but I don't wish to spoil it!). ( )