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PublisherCreateSpace

ISBN-101463604815

ISBN-139781463604813

eBay Product ID (ePID)114101546

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Book TitleGood Lawyer

Number of Pages346 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicThrillers / General

FeaturesLarge Type

GenreFiction

AuthorThomas Benigno

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight20.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Edition DescriptionLarge Type / large print edition

SynopsisA young, ambitious lawyer is eager to prove he is better than the father who abandoned him and worthy of the devoted mother who raised him beyond the siren call of the mobster dominated family he grew up in AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER - - INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY The time is 1982. The place is the South Bronx. Working as a Bronx Legal Aid Attorney, Nick Mannino becomes an unbeatable defense lawyer - not a single conviction. When a rape victim commits suicide after a trial he won but should have lost , he is devastated. Searching for absolution, he grabs the headline case of a defendant he is convinced is innocent. Then one of the complaining witnesses turns up dead and he comes face to face with his greatest conflict and deepest fear: to win, really win, must he sacrifice every principle he believes in and embrace his family's mafia past?, INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY. A young, ambitious lawyer is eager to prove he is better than the father who abandoned him and worthy of the devoted mother who raised him beyond the siren call of the mobster dominated family he grew up in. Working as a Bronx Legal Aid Attorney he learns how to twist the system, how to become an unbeatable defense lawyer, and he his peacock proud of his perfect record-not a single conviction. But it's 1982. The Spiderman rapist is on the loose and New York City is a city in fear. When an outraged rape victim commits suicide right before his eyes, searching for absolution, he grabs the headline case of a teacher's aide accused of molesting three students. Armed with a firm belief in his client's innocence, he knocks the pegs out from under the prosecution's case. When one of the children turns up dead, he discovers that his client may be strangely connected to the Spiderman. Digging deeper, horrifying revelations about his family's past collide with the true identity of the sadistic sociopath behind the Spiderman's rampage. In the process, this good lawyer comes face-to-face with his greatest conflict and deepest fear: to win, really win-save the city and even the woman he loves-must he sacrifice every principle he believes in and embrace his family's mafia past to become judge, jury, and executioner?