The weight : a novel / Hubert Crouch.

Title :

The weight : a novel

Author:

Crouch, Hubert,

Format:

Books

Summary:

Prominent Fort Worth attorney Jace Forman is retained to defend a young reporter named Leah Rosen, against a lawsuit lodged by Cal Connors, a flamboyant plaintiff lawyer. Connors contends he has been maliciously defamed in an article written by Ms. Rosen entitled Texas Justice Gone Wrong. The article exposes a multi-million dollar fraud perpetrated by Connors on the Texas jury system and catches the eye of the US Attorney who launches a full-scale criminal investigation into Connors' conduct. During the investigation, it is revealed that Connors' law partner and daughter Christine entered into an illegal settlement with an insurance claims adjuster, who subsequently fled the country and was later found dead in a luxury villa in the French Riviera. Cornered and desperate, Connors and his daughter go on a scorched-earth offensive, taking the reader on a riveting ride through gruesome murders, a lurid kidnapping and complex interpersonal relationships, climaxing in a dramatic courtroom showdown.

Language:

English

ISBN - ISSN:

1548323969

9781548323967

Physical Description:

xii, 352 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Reporters and reporting -- Fiction.

Trials (Libel) -- Fiction.

Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.

Legal fiction (Literature).

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Flamboyant plaintiff lawyer Cal Connors sues reporter Leah Rosen, seeking millions in damages for being maliciously defamed in an article she wrote for Texas Matters magazine entitled "Texas Justice Gone Wrong." In the article, Rosen accuses Connors of perpetrating a multi-million dollar fraud on the Texas jury system, her salacious charges catching the eye of the local US Attorney and causing him to launch a full-scale investigation. During the investigation, revelations surface that Connors' law partner and daughter Christine clandestinely entered into an illegal settlement with an insurance claims adjustor, who was forced to flee to the French Riviera where he was subsequently found dead of a suspicious drug overdose. Cornered and desperate, Connors and his daughter go on a scorched-earth offensive of gruesome murders, a lurid kidnapping and treacherous betrayals to save themselves and the financial empire they have illicitly built.

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Publisher's Weekly Review

Crouch puts his years as a litigator to good use in his third legal thriller featuring Fort Worth, Tex., attorney Jace Forman (after 2015's The Word). Jace is approached by Cal Connors, a prominent colleague who specializes in going after Big Pharma, about representing him in a defamation suit. The magazine Texas Matters has published a cover story accusing Connors of paying off an expert witness to file false reports about a medication's side effects. After passing on the opportunity, Jace ends up on the other side, defending the reporter, Leah Rosen, against Connors's claims. Meanwhile, Leah's piece has prompted a federal investigation into her target by an ambitious federal prosecutor, and both Connors and his colleague and daughter, Christine, don't balk at considering murder to protect their interests. Crouch extends the suspense outside the courtroom with the acquittal of a creep, Michael Randazzo, who once abducted and tormented Leah and is now working on an elaborate revenge. Fast pacing and believable characters will make this a treat for fans of Steve Martini. (BookLife) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.