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'I couldn't put down Jailhouse Lawyer, a page-turning legal thriller' Tony Messenger
'A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting' Mark Lawson, Guardian
'Nobody does it better' Jeffrey Deaver
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Two brand-new legal thrillers in one book - from the authors of Juror No. 3
A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown - and ends up behind bars...
In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court.
Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth.
Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time.
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Praise for James Patterson
'The master storyteller of our times' Hillary Rodham Clinton
'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' Patricia Cornwell
'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' Ian Rankin
'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent' Lee Child
'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' Michael Connelly
About the author
JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 400 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades - the Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels - and he has written many other number one bestsellers including stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction.
James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, Dog Diaries, Treasure Hunters and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author in UK libraries for the past thirteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.
Summary
Two brand-new legal thrillers in one book - from the authors of Juror No. 3
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A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown - and ends up behind bars...
In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court.
Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth.
Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time.
INCLUDES BONUS STORY: POWER OF ATTORNEY
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'I couldn't put down Jailhouse Lawyer, a page-turning legal thriller' TONY MESSENGER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD
'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer . . . Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER
'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' MICHAEL CONNELLY
'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL
'A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.' MARK LAWSON, GUARDIAN
'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN
Report
I couldn't put down Jailhouse Lawyer, a page-turning legal thriller that exposes a headline-making crisis in the American courts: the new debtors' prisons, where an inability to pay court costs sentences poor people to jail, with devastating consequences. TONY MESSENGER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
