Try Darkness by James Scott Bell
Ty Buchanan is living on the peaceful grounds of St. Monica's, far away from the glamorous life he led as a rising trial lawyer for a big L.A. firm. Recovering from the death of his fiancee and a false accusation of murder, Buchanan has found his previous ambitions unrewarding. Now he prefers offering legal services to the poor and the under-represented, from his "office" at local coffee bar The Freudian Sip. With his new friends, the philosophizing Father Bob and basketball playing Sister Mary Veritas, Buchanan has found a new family of sorts. A mysterious woman with a six year old daughter comes to him for help. She's being illegally evicted from a downtown transient hotel, an interest represented by his old law firm and former best friend, Al Bradshaw. Buchanan won't back down. He's going to fight for the woman's rights. But then she ends up dead, and the case moves from the courtroom to the streets. Determined to find the killer and protect the little girl, who has no last name and no other family, Buchanan finds he must depend on skills he never needed in the employ of a civil law firm.Now he must learn how to fight in a wholly different way, and keep himself and the girl alive.
'Bell, an attorney turned prolific novelist, has created in Buchanan an appealing and series-worthy protagonist, and the tale equally balances action and drama, motion and emotionReaders who pride themselves on figuring out the answers before an author reveals them are in for a surprise, too: Bell is very good at keeping secrets. Fans of thrillers with lawyers as their central characters-Lescroart and Margolin, especially-will welcome this new addition to their must-read lists.' -- Booklist on TRY DYING 'Engaging whodunit series ... Readers will enjoy Bell's talent for description and character development.' -- Publishers Weekly on TRY DYING
A former trial lawyer associated with one of L.A.'s top law firms and later working out of an independent office, James Scott Bell has written over 300 articles on trial law, as well as six books for trial lawyers. Now a prolific fiction writer, he applies his in-depth knowledge of the justice system to his legal thrillers. His website is: www.jamesscottbell.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781599956855 |
| ISBN 10 | 1599956853 |
| Title | Try Darkness |
| Author | James Scott Bell |
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| Publisher | Time Warner Trade Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 292 |
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