Overview
Two brand-new legal thrillers in one book from the authors of Juror No. 3 - perfect for fans of John Grisham and Steve Cavanagh. 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
Full Product Details
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Cornerstone
Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.394kg
ISBN: 9781529158199
ISBN 10: 1529158192
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 10 November 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
I couldn't put down The 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, author of Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination. -- NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW No one gets this big without natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. -- LEE CHILD, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series Patterson boils a scene down to a 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 James Patterson is the boss. End of. -- IAN RANKIN, bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus series James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged. -- STEVE BERRY, bestselling author of the Colton Malone series Patterson is in a class by himself. -- VANITY FAIR
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 Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination. -- NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW No one gets this big without natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. -- LEE CHILD, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series Patterson boils a scene down to a 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 James Patterson is the boss. End of. -- IAN RANKIN, bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus series James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged. -- STEVE BERRY, bestselling author of the Colton Malone series Patterson is in a class by himself. -- VANITY FAIR
Author Information
JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Among his creations are some of the world's most popular series including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Michael Bennett and the Private novels. He has written many other number one bestsellers including collaborations with President Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed adult author in UK libraries for the past fourteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.
