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This debut novel by law professor Dobbyn marks the first long-form appearance of legal eagles Michel Knight and Lex Devlin, who’ve starred in several of the author’s short stories. Dobbyn, who knows his characters like the back of his hand, is an engaging writer, and readers who have followed the adventures of Knight and Devlin in short stories will give a small cheer that they’ve finally made the leap to the hardcover novel.
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Readers of early John Grisham and Jeremiah Healy will enjoy Dobbyn’s debut for his insider knowledge of the legal system and the defense strategy his protagonists use in court.
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Fans of the film True Believer will best appreciate law professor Dobbyn’s debut, a routine legal thriller with a similar plot. Michael Knight, a junior associate at a high-powered Boston firm, gets asked by a powerful African-American judge, Amos Bradley, to represent his son, Anthony, who has been accused of gunning down a beloved member of the city’s Chinese community under cover of a New Year’s parade. This assignment brings Knight to the attention of the firm’s disgraced legend, Alexis Devlin, who has been keeping a low profile since he was alleged to have participated in jury-tampering to help a client. As the two attorneys search for the truth, Knight ventures into dangerous neighborhoods on the trail of some major league political and judicial corruption. Considering his curriculum vitae—Latino street kid, Harvard law grad and former federal prosecutor—Knight comes across as oddly naïve, while his ignorance of Chinatown’s organized criminals doesn’t ring true.
- Publishers Weekly
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Frame Up
By: John F. Dobbyn
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After graduating from Harvard Law with his closest friend, John McKedrick, Michael Knight practices with the U.S. Attorney’s office and with a prestigious trial firm in Boston, then Michael and ... ▶ READ MOREFRAME UP is a twisted tale of mafia gangsters and international intrigue providing an in-depth ... - The Big Thrill
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Black Diamond
By: John F. Dobbyn
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Michael’s knowledge of horse racing could place him in the final race of his life. Michael Knight and Lex Devlin agree to defend a jockey accused of murdering a fellow ... ▶ READ MOREFrom its characters who go straight to the heart, to its intriguing settings, to its ... - Lisa Scottoline, New York Times best-selling author of Save Me
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Deadly Diamonds (A Knight & Devlin Thriller #4)
By: John F. Dobbyn
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What do Boston, Dublin and Sierra Leone have in common? The movement of “blood diamonds” at enormous profit but grave human expense. Mafia killings in Boston and Ireland, and child ... ▶ READ MOREDeadly Diamonds takes you from mob strongholds in Boston to the diamond pits of Sierra Leone, ... - Lisa Scottoline, New York Times Best-Selling Author of Don’t Go and Accused
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Fatal Odds
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Knight & Devlin Collection
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High Stakes
By: John F. Dobbyn
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Deadly Depths
By: John F. Dobbyn
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By: H. Terrell Griffin
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By: Martha Powers
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The search for truth can be deadly. Kate and Richard Warner have a quiet life a routine life until the one afternoon that changes them forever. Within a few short ... ▶ READ MOREPowers’s third thriller (after Sunflower and Bleeding Heart), a gripping mix of a smalltown police ... - Publishers Weekly
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By: Martha Powers
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By: Ward Larsen
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The Atlantic: A young woman sailing solo across the Atlantic makes an incredible discovery a man narrowly clinging to life in the open ocean. But the desperate survivor is more ... ▶ READ MOREA thriller that slowly weaves the threads of various events together to create a tapestry ... - ForeWord Magazine
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