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The Mayor of Lexington Avenue

The Mayor of Lexington Avenue

by James Sheehan (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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Synopsis

Jack Tobin is a trial lawyer with a searing-hot reputation in Miami, far removed from his scrappy youth on the streets of New York. But when a young Florida man is railroaded into a murder conviction in the tiny Florida backwater of Bass Creek, Tobin is driven to pay back a debt to his best friend, the boy who once dubbed him 'the Mayor of Lexington Avenue'. In his efforts to get the death penalty overturned, Tobin moves back to South Florida, where he finds himself up against the small-town legal establishment, where favours are routinely traded at the expense of truth, and where police corruption has become an art form. "If you like crime novels, legal thrillers and courtroom dramas, you'll love "The Mayor of Lexington Avenue", which has all three, plus some nostalgic New York City flashbacks as an added bonus. James Sheehan, a Florida trial attorney, has created Jack Tobin, a Florida trial attorney, and one of the most interesting and complex characters I've come across in a long time. This is a debut novel, but it reads like it was written by a master of the genre." - Nelson DeMille.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 592
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Corgi
Published: 01 Jan 2007
ISBN 10: 0552154946
ISBN 13: 9780552154949
Book Overview: A terrifying miscarriage of justice in small-town America: a courtroom drama in the bestselling tradition of the early John Grisham novels.

Media Reviews
'Sheehan handles the courtroom stuff like a pro, dragging us through cross-examinations and procedural challenges with deftly hewn dialogue.' * The Times *
Sheehan has written an outstanding legal debut full of rich characters. Full marks! * The Independent on Sunday *
Sheehan's book is a powerful polemic against the American legal system and above all against the death penalty. * Literary Review *
Move over John Grisham, here's an electrifying, hard-boiled thriller and courtroom drama rolled into one. * Peterborough Evening Telegraph *
Author Bio
James Sheehan was born and raised in New York City and grew up in a four-room railroad apartment with his five brothers and sisters. He started working at the age of twelve, shining shoes at a local shoe repair shop. At fourteen, he had a newspaper route. During school, he worked at a local delicatessen, an antique store where he stripped and delivered furniture, as a construction worked during the summers, a short-order cook throughout his college years, and as a roofer's assistant while he attended graduate school in Florida. He is currently a trial attorney in Tampa, Florida where he has practised law for many years. His experience of growing up in New York has shaped his life. The Mayor of Lexington Avenue is his first novel.