The Burning Man

by PhillipM.Margolin (Author)

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  1997

  $4.33

  Peter Hale is a young attorney struggling to make his mark in his father's venerable law firm. When his father is taken ill in the midst of a big money case he decides to pursue it, against his father's wishes, seeing his chance to prove he's the whizz-kid lawyer he knows himself to be. In his zeal to prove himself he loses the lot - the case, his job and his father. Unemployed and disinherited, Peter takes the only job he is offered - that of a public defender in a small Oregon town. He hope to make good there and re-instate himself in his father's good books. However, once gain his ambition gets the better of him when he takes on a death penalty case, representing amentally retarded man accused of a brutal murder. It's only when he realises that his greed and his ego may end up killing his client that he understands what it means to be a good lawyer - and to become a man

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  THE BURNING MAN - Peter Hale is a young attorney struggling to make his mark in his father's law firm, but he loses everything when he mishandles a case - his job, his father and his future. Unemployed and disinherited, Peter takes the only job he's offered as a public defender in a small town. If he can make good there, he can reclaim his rightful place as his father's successor. But he gets in way over his head again and it is not until he recognises that his greed and his ego may end up killing his client that he begins to understand what it really takes to be a good lawyer - and to become a man. THE UNDERTAKER'S WIDOW - A riveting tale of blackmail, betrayal and murder in which a judge who is so ethical that he is willing ro risk his own life to ensure that right prevails in his courtroom. But he soon discovers the path to justice is not always clear, especially when his own flesh is weak enough to be caught in an erotic undertone which is rapidly turning deadly .