By Irwin Borof
Buy new: $17.95
17 used and new from $13.74
Customer Rating:
Related tags: civil rights(4), justice(4), historical(3), war(3), courtroom drama(3), race(3), world war ii(3), san francisco(3), crime drama(3), legal thriller(2), love(2), betrayal(2)
Review & Description
Jake Rose's war ended on Iwo Jima. Now, four months later, he sat on the steps of his new law office and tried to enjoy a cup of coffee. It was all the little things about being one-handed that he couldn't get used to. The prosthesis that replaced his right hand was a strange contraption and he hated the damn thing. Jake still followed the war in the papers. But coming home had made no difference, Jake still hated Japs. For weeks Jake had been following the Miyeko Matsui murder in the paper because Gordon Cox was about to go on trial. Gordon was the little brother of Pam and Steve Cox and Steve, Jake's best friend, had died in his arms on Iwo Jima. Jake had spent the evening contemplating the situation over a bottle of gin and distant memories of a time, before the war, when he was a hot-shot San Francisco trial lawyer. Impulsively, Jake called the Cox house. When Pam answered all he could say was, "If Bullet John needs a new attorney, I'm available." Read more
Related Posts
- "Midnight Madness" and 9 other products newly tagged mystery
- Edge of Darkness [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
- "Bullies and Bears: Big Pine Lodge series - book 3" and 23 other products newly tagged mystery
- "You've Been Warned" and 7 other products newly tagged mystery
- Detective Jake: The Search for Truth (Paperback)
No comments:
Post a Comment