Mystic wind : a legal thriller / James Barretto.
Material type:
TextSeries: [A Jack Marino thriller] ; [1]Publisher: Sarasota, Florida : Oceanview Publishing, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: viii, 388 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1608094960
- 9781608094967
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Main Library | Fiction | BARRETTO JAMES | Available | 33111010902472 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
National Indie Excellence Award Winner for Legal Thriller
American Fiction Award Winner for Legal Thriller
2022 American Fiction Award Winner for Legal Thriller
The last remaining fragment of truth--hidden in the mire of the Mystic Creek
Boston star-prosecutor-turned-corporate-attorney Jack Marino has risen fast and far from his upbringing in the Mystic housing projects. But after he's savagely beaten in retaliation for his work as head of the District Attorney's Urban Gang Unit, he's fired because his powerful boss is running for governor and fears the beating may have shaken Jack's formidable confidence.
Jack lands a plush suite at his father-in-law's mega law firm, making big money practicing corporate law. Although he seemingly has everything--money, privilege, and an heiress for a wife, what he doesn't have is his own self-respect.
When he is given a chance to get back into criminal law--this time as defense counsel in a capital murder case--he finally feels alive again. But to save his client from death row, he'll face a criminal network far more organized and powerful than he could have imagined.
The case will take Jack back to the projects he thought he'd escaped. He'll risk personal and professional ruin, and ultimately his very life, to fight the corrupt forces determined to see his client go down--forces that may have already given absolute immunity to the real killer.
Perfect for fans of John Grisham and Scott Turow
Former prosecutor-turned-corporate-attorney Jack Marino jumps at the chance to get back into criminal law when he's asked to defend a client in a capital murder case. But corrupt forces are determined to see his client convicted, and Jack may need to risk everything, including his life, to get to the truth.
1980: Boston star-prosecutor-turned-corporate-attorney Jack Marino is savagely beaten in retaliation for his work as head of the District Attorney's Urban Gang Unit. He is then fired because his powerful boss is running for governor. Jack turns to practicing corporate law at his father-in-law's mega law firm. Two years later he is given a chance to get back into criminal law: as a defense counsel in a capital murder case. The case will take Jack back to the projects he thought he'd escaped-- and he will have to risk personal and professional ruin, and ultimately his very life, to fight the corrupt forces determined to see his client go down. -- adapted from jacket