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Second Chair

A Stan Turner Mystery

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By: William Manchee
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
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Stan is asked to defend a college student accused of killing her baby. It's a pretty hopeless case, as she has no memory of what happened. Stan knows he shouldn't even be taking the case, since he's only been in practice for a year and has never handled a murder trial. But the client's father insists, claiming "God" has sent him to Stan. Stan reluctantly agrees to take the case on the condition that his law professor assist him as "second chair" - not realizing his professor is a drunk and probably won't show up for trial.

It's legal: listen to more Stan Turner mysteries.©2000 William Manchee (P)2010 William Manchee Fiction Hard-Boiled Legal Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Law Thriller

Critic reviews

"Appealing characters, especially in the courtroom, make this an easy entertaining read." (Publishers Weekly)
"The courtroom scenes are superb, intoxicating, the discriptions filled with power ... the novel shows Manchee as a smooth, polished master of the mystery form." (The Book Reader)
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Stan Turner has never handled a murder trial, but when the father of a college girl accused of killing her baby insist he represent her, he reluctantly agrees assuming he can enlist his law professor to help out. His law professor, who is known as "Snake," turns out to be more trouble than he's worth and Stan ends up pretty much on his own. While Stan struggles to find out who actually killed Sarah's baby he is distracted by a wrongful death suit, a religious fanatic known as Doomsayer and an overzealous media. I loved the non-stop action, ingenious plot twists, and the shocking but delightful ending. And, of course, Jeffrey Kafer's reading was smooth and professonal as always.

A Highly Entertaining Legal Thriller

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