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The local : a legal thriller / Joey Hartstone.

Hartstone, Joey, (author.).

Summary:
"A freewheeling, small-town attorney takes on a national murder trial when an out-of-town client is accused of killing a federal judge in Texas. In the town of Marshall sits the Federal courthouse of the Eastern District of Texas, a place revered by patent lawyers for its speedy jury trials and massive punitive payouts. Marshall is flooded with patent lawyers, all of whom find work being the local voice for the big-city legal teams that need to sway a small-town jury. One of the best is James Euchre. Euchre's new client is Amir Zawar, a firebrand CEO forced to defend his life's work against a software patent infringement. Late one night, after a heated confrontation in a preliminary hearing, Judge Gardner is found murdered in the courthouse parking lot. All signs point to Zawar-he has motive, he has opportunity, and he has no alibi. Moreover, he is an outsider, a wealthy Pakistani-American businessman, the son of immigrants, who stands accused of killing a beloved hometown hero. Zawar claims his innocence, and demands that Euchre defend him. It's the last thing Euchre wants-Judge Gardner was his good friend and mentor-but the only way he can get definitive answers is to take the case. With the help of a former prosecutor and a local PI, Euchre must navigate the byzantine world of criminal defense law in a town where everyone knows everyone, and bad blood has a long history. The deeper he digs, the more he fears that he'll either send an innocent man to death row or set a murderer free. The Local is a small-town legal thriller as big in scope as Texas. It crackles with courtroom tension and high stakes gambits on every page to the final, shocking verdict. Joey Hartstone is a film and television writer. He has written two feature films, LBJ (2016) and Shock and Awe (2017), which were both directed by Rob Reiner. He wrote on the first two seasons of the legal drama The Good Fight. He is currently a writer on the Showtime series Your Honor. Joey lives in Los Angeles with his family"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385547819
  • ISBN: 0385547811
  • Physical Description: 309 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2022]
Subject: Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Judges > Death > Fiction.
Presumption of innocence > Fiction.
Pakistani Americans > Texas > Fiction.
Cities and towns > Fiction.
Texas > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels.

Available copies

  • 16 of 18 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library MYS HARTSTO (Text) 50686016181815 Adult Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library MYS HARTSTO (Text) 50688010820414 Adult Fiction Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults HAR Fiction (Text)
Bookplate: Plated 2022: In Memory of Klayton L. Johnson
34007002467392 Adult Area Available -
Littlestown Library MYS FIC HARTSTONE JOEY (Text)
Endowment: George Hikes Named Endowment, 2022
35740635851462 Mystery Fiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library FIC HAR (Text) 33400001560773 Adult Fiction Available -
Martin Library Adults HAR Fiction (Text) 33454005881958 Reading Room Balcony Available -
North Wales Area Library F Hartstone Mys (Text) 35410000806745 NWAL Mystery Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main Fiction Hartstone (Text) 33223008928631 Fiction Available -
Village Library Adults HAR Fiction (Text) 34215000820179 Main Room Available -
Wernersville Public Library HAR (Text) 33249024965059 Fiction Available -


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