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ABOVE THE LAW
Freedman, J. F.
2000 19975 From Our Editors : A fast-paced ride through the politics and hidden agendas of a remote northern California town, Above the Law is the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author J. F. Freedman. The ironic title works especially well here, covering the bases for each plot thread as it's unraveled -- from personal deceptions to those with vast ramifications for all involved. Listed at Twenty Five dollars, this is a finely-plotted tale of police corruption that unfolds in an expert fashion, revealing that, despite the power of money and lies, no one is above the law. Returning to the foray is former defense attorney Luke Garrison (The Disappearance), who has become something of a media celebrity after events following a hostage crisis in which Garrison was forced to kill two criminals. He receives an invitation from his old friend Nora Ray, a D.A. in isolated Muir County, to become a special investigator in the murder of Reynaldo Juarez, an international drug lord on the FBI's ten most wanted list. Despite the attorney general's instructions to take him alive, Juarez was killed during a vicious and bungled DEA raid on Juarez's compound in Muir County. As the investigation heats up, so does Garrison's relationship with Nora. Garrison realizes right off the bat that something isn't quite right with this case, so he plunges into a heaping pile of lies and deceptions surrounding the DEA agents who bucked the attorney general's orders for reasons unknown. Garrison also suspects that Nora may be hiding some kind of a connection linking the crime to her own somewhat mysterious past. The populace of Muir County is an equally puzzling lot, including Sheriff Miller and his deputy, Wayne Bearpaw, two officers with their own secrets who have more than enough on their hands with the local impoverished Native American population. Regardless of his personal feelings, Garrison continues his hunt for the truth no matter what he may uncover or who else may be incriminated. Freedman skillfully weaves together the clandestine situations and the corrupt politics of the past and the present. History plays a large part in this novel, and scenes play out with an incredible energy that lends itself to the flow of the storyline. The author refuses to allow for any easy, black-and-white answers at any time. All parties involved are constantly discovering more about themselves and exactly what the cost might be for each conviction and stance taken. While our protagonists have plenty of their own moral ambiguities, they still strive to do what's right, despite the overwhelming amount of resistance they meet. Above the Law is deceptively simplistic in its own right, working on several levels at once, while the main mystery-plot element often takes a back seat to the equally involving ones of a more personal nature. The gray areas of conflicting opinions lend a believability to the novel that isn't usually found in most crime thrillers on the market. It's the author's world view, and his understanding of conflicting human nature, that makes this novel one readers can trust to bring them to a gripping, and wholly satisfying, conclusion. --Tom Piccirilli From the Publisher New York Times bestselling author J. F. Freedman delivers his best novel since Against the Wind Nora Ray, a DA in northern California, has just been called upon to investigate a recent police killing, which she believes may be a government cover-up, and she calls in Special Prosecutor and old friend Luke Garrison to help her find out. The case centers around a high-profile raid conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in which one of the biggest drug-dealing gangs in the country is uncovered and its notoriously reclusive leader, Reyaldo Juarez, is shot and killed-despite direct orders from the U.S. Attorney General to take him alive at any cost and detain him as a possible witness in other drug cases. Because the DEA has stonewalled its own investigation into the Juare Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated 0525944796 / 9780525944799
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AGAINST THE WIND (BOOKCASSETTE
Freedman, J.F.
1992 46800 From Publishers Weekly This provocative tale of a renegade lawyer and his outlaw-biker clients exults in nonconformity. Will Alexander, a womanizing, booze-guzzling Santa Fe, N.M., lawyer, is sent by his legal partners on indefinite if not permanent leave with a warning to dry out. Furthermore, his ex-wife announces she's moving to Seattle, depriving him of quality time with his 10-year-old daughter. He finds a raison d'etre in the case of four menacing Harley-riders accused of murder. Convinced of their innocence despite colleagues' opinions and his at-stake reputation, Alexander pursues evidence that the group spent so much time gang-banging an arguably consenting motel maid on the night of the crime that homicide and mutilation before breakfast were out of the question. Unfortunately, crooked cops biased against the freewheeling outcasts brainwash the maid, who becomes their key witness. Despite a few convenient coincidences and macho posturing--for which Alexander's deep-down vulnerability overcompensates--movie and TV director/writer Freedman delivers irresistible legal wranglings and entertaining lawyerly theatrics. 100,000 first printing; $100,000 ad/promo; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selection. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Superstar criminal lawyer Will Alexander is an alcoholic and a womanizer. As his problems begin to interfere with his work, his partners ask him to take an extended leave of absence. His ex-wife informs him she is moving from Santa Fe to Seattle, taking their daughter with her. In the midst of this personal chaos, four bikers hire him to defend them against a questionable murder charge. It is painfully obvious that Freedman is no attorney as he omits major steps in trial preparation in order to further the plot, making the defense team look incompetent. This flaw does nothing to detract from the fast-paced story, which includes an unforgettable prison riot, a vivid portrayal of bikers as both outcasts and outlaws, and poignant moments between Alexander and his child. This book is impossible to put down. Bookcassette Multitrack 1-56100-456-1 / 9781561004560
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Bird's-Eye View - A Novel
Freedman, J. F.
02868154 Hard Cover. As New/As New Book Jacket. 6 x 9. ISBN:0446528234. J.F. Freedman is a wonderful storyteller whose six previous novels have been nothing less than compulsive page-turners. This, his latest, is no different. Meet Fritz Tullis, lovable failure. He should be on top of the world. He comes from one of the most prestigious families in Maryland and, until recently, taught at the University of Texas. That all ended when he was discovered having an affair with the wife of one of the university's most generous donors. Now he's back on his mother's land living in a little shack, drinking too much, and indulging in the local women. But Fritz is also an enthusiastic photographer who spends his early morning hours trying to get rid of a hangover. He takes a small boat to the marshy areas near Chesapeake Bay where he has been watching migrating birds, especially Ollie, a whooping crane (an endangered species) who seems to have lost his way and ended up with a group of sandhill cranes in the marshes of Maryland. Fritz knows that he should be informing a wildlife preservation group about this lost bird, but then the place would be overrun by activists, and there would go his privacy. ..One morning as Fritz is watching Ollie he hears a small plane approaching the runway just across the creek. The land belongs to his mother, so Fritz turns his zoom lens towards the plane--and witnesses a murder. That night at his mother's house, Fritz is introduced to the new owner of that piece of property, James Roach, assistant secretary of state. From the moment he meets Roach, Fritz's life is in turmoil. He also meets Maureen O'Hara, the ornithologist from Harvard with the seductive name who just complicates his life further as he tries to keep Ollie's presence a secret. But in 'Bird's-Eye View' nobody is quite who they seem to be, and the reader is kept in suspense until the very last page. 480 pages. PUBLISHED AT $24.95 - New York, NY, U.S.A.: Warner Books, Incorporated, 2001
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BIRD'S-EYE VIEW: A NOVEL
Freedman, J. F.
2001 52039 Penzler Pick, August 2001: J.F. Freedman is a wonderful storyteller whose six previous novels have been nothing less than compulsive page-turners. This, his latest, is no different. Meet Fritz Tullis, lovable failure. He should be on top of the world. He comes from one of the most prestigious families in Maryland and, until recently, taught at the University of Texas. That all ended when he was discovered having an affair with the wife of one of the university's most generous donors. Now he's back on his mother's land living in a little shack, drinking too much, and indulging in the local women. But Fritz is also an enthusiastic photographer who spends his early morning hours trying to get rid of a hangover. He takes a small boat to the marshy areas near Chesapeake Bay where he has been watching migrating birds, especially Ollie, a whooping crane (an endangered species) who seems to have lost his way and ended up with a group of sandhill cranes in the marshes of Maryland. Fritz knows that he should be informing a wildlife preservation group about this lost bird, but then the place would be overrun by activists, and there would go his privacy. One morning as Fritz is watching Ollie he hears a small plane approaching the runway just across the creek. The land belongs to his mother, so Fritz turns his zoom lens towards the plane--and witnesses a murder. That night at his mother's house, Fritz is introduced to the new owner of that piece of property, James Roach, assistant secretary of state. From the moment he meets Roach, Fritz's life is in turmoil. He also meets Maureen O'Hara, the ornithologist from Harvard with the seductive name who just complicates his life further as he tries to keep Ollie's presence a secret. But in Bird's-Eye View nobody is quite who they seem to be, and the reader is kept in suspense until the very last page. --Otto Penzler From Publishers Weekly Bird-watching is the clever hook for Freedman's compulsively readable thriller about a troubled former college professor who witnesses a murder of international consequences while he's hidden in a swamp watching for his beloved whooping crane. Banished from academia for having an affair with a dean's wife, Fritz Tullis is trying to regroup on his family's sprawling estate in southern Maryland. While photographing the rare and exotic bird, Tullis sees a plane touch down on a neighbor's airstrip. Three men get out. As Tullis surreptitiously photographs the action more as a nosy neighbor than anything else one of the men is shot to death, and his body is loaded back on the plane. Frightened, Tullis agonizes for several days about what to do, until the body of the dead man turns up in a dumpster in Baltimore and is identified as that of a Russian diplomat. Then Tullis starts poking around. The owner of the airstrip is James Roach, an assistant secretary of state with a long past in arms sales. Despite warnings that Roach is not a man to mess with, Tullis blunders forth, risking not only his own life but that of his patrician mother. Others involved in Tullis's quest are a gorgeous Harvard ornithologist with a surprising secret; Tullis's former Yale roommate, a D.C. attorney; and a local detective. It's encouraging to see Freedman (Above the Law) move out of his legal thriller comfort zone. Powered by a strong first-person point of view, his latest is not only a first-rate suspense drama but also an affecting portrait of a man in personal and professional crisis. Tullis, who eventually finds a perverse sort of solace in his pursuit, is self-absorbed, directionless and a bit selfish, but Freedman makes him engaging. Published at Twenty Five dollars. Warner Books 0446528234 / 9780446528238
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