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The #1 Lawyer

A Thriller

von James Patterson

544 Seiten, Taschenbuch

€ 36,80

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Biloxi’s best criminal defense attorney has never lost a case—then his client’s beautiful wife is murdered, and America’s #1 lawyer suddenly becomes its #1 suspect in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author. Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation for winning every case he tries. In his sharp suits and polished Oxford shoes, Penney is Biloxi, Mississippi’s #1 Lawyer and top local celebrity. Just as Penney notches his latest courtroom victory, his wife is scandalously killed. He spirals into a legal and personal losing streak, damaging his reputation and ruining his career. That’s when Penney makes a bold decision. He stops trading on his power-lawyer identity and creates a new one: lawyer lifeguard. Moonlighting at the beach, showing up to court in flip-flops, mentoring a law student, the new Penney is at first unrecognizable. It’s said that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. But when Penney is accused of murder, the #1 Lawyer will find a way to triumph.

Über den Autor

James Brendan Patterson, geboren 1947 in Newburgh, New York, gehört mit einer weltweiten Gesamtauflage von 375 Millionen Romanexemplaren zu den erfolgreichsten Bestseller-Autoren unserer Gegenwart. Er hat mehrere erfolgreiche Serien und Charaktere kreiert, darunter die Alex-Cross-Reihe, die Michael-Bennett-Reihe, "Der Club der Ermittlerinnen", "Maximum Ride" sowie die Kinderbuchreihen "School Survival" und "Max Einstein". 2018 erschien der in Zusammenarbeit mit Ex-US-Präsident Bill Clinton verfasste Thriller "The President Is Missing". Der Autor setzt sich auch wohltätig ein und spendete über 70 Millionen Dollar zur Bildungsförderung. Zu den zahlreichen Auszeichnungen Pattersons gehören unter anderem der Children's Choice Book Award, der London Times Book Sense Children's Pick, der Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. James Patterson lebt zusammen mit seiner Familie in Florida.