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About Shadow Of A Doubt
Product description Eager to regain lost prestige, suspended and nearly disbarred attorney Charley Sloane agrees to defend a former lover's stepdaughter, charged with murdering her wealthy father, despite the fact that she has already confessed to authorities From Publishers Weekly Seldom does mystery/thriller fiction ring as true as in this lucid, emotionally demanding book from federal judge Coughlin ( Her Honor ). Attorney Charley Sloan has lost his lucrative Detroit practice, three wives and a considerable fortune--all to demon rum. Narrowly escaping disbarment, he has retreated to AA and the suburbs to pull his life together. Up pops Charley's high school girlfriend, Robin, who has gone from the backseat of his jalopy to the bed of multimillionaire septuagenarian Harrison Harwell. The mogul's daughter has just been arrested for his murder, and Robin offers Charley the chance to represent Angel Harwell--the media case of the decade--and reestablish his legal reputation. But the DA sees the case as a ticket to a congressional seat and drives full-tilt to discredit Charley. Coughlin so ensnares the reader that every threat--and they are fearsome and many--to Charley's legal success and precarious sobriety sends anxiety levels skyrocketing. The courtroom action soars and plummets its way to the trickiest, most unexpected denouement since Witness for the Prosecution. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal When Robin Harwell hires Charley Sloan to represent her stepdaughter Angel, it ' s a dream come true. Sloan, once a high-priced attorney and now a down-on-his-luck recovering alcoholic, knows things look bleak, for Angel has confessed to the stabbing death of her father, millionaire Harrison Harwell. Trying to figure out who killed Harwell and whether Sloan is capable of putting together an adequate defense for Angel keeps the book moving at a smart pace. Coughlin, a federal judge in Michigan and author of Her Father's Daughter (Putnam, 1986. o.p.), The Twelve Apostles (Putnam, 1984. o.p.), and ten other books, is a consummate sto ryteller and does not disappoint here. Even Sloan's repeated references to his problems with alcohol and his gullibility do not diminish the sharpness of the courtroom drama. - Jo Ann Vicarel, Cleveland Heights-University Heights P.L., Ohio Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Kirkus Reviews A big, foursquare courtroom novel that poses the timeless riddle: Can recovering alcoholic lawyer Charley Sloan get his old lover Robin Harwell's beautiful, affectless stepdaughter Angel acquitted of killing her rich father before he gets disbarred because of demon rum or the judge's animus? Charley has his work cut out for him: the Pickeral Point (Mich.) police have the servants' testimony about Angel's threats to kill her father, Angel's fingerprints on the samurai sword used in the killing, and a videotape of her confession that she may have been responsible for his death. And Angel, with her long history of mental disturbances and her demure unresponsiveness, isn't the ideal client. Add the usual list of dragons--unreliable expert witnesses, an unsympathetic judge, a shoal of publicity hounds, the fiery baptism of national publicity, and several determined attempts by Harwell hangers-on to get Charley scratched from the case--and you can see why it's hard for Charley to enjoy the benefits to his foundering legal practice (which perks up overnight) and to his person (strong forward passes by both Robin and Angel). Detroit lawyer-judge Coughlin (Her Honor, 1987, etc.) keeps the tension up with crude but highly effective courtroom theatrics, and Charley follows the marks with a naive charm that suggests a close reading of The Verdict. Charley stays on the wagon, all right, but the clichs flow like bonded bourbon toward a conclusion that even your grandmother could see coming a million miles off. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
