Witness for the Defense - Softcover

Eberhardt, Michael C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451192222 ISBN 13: 9780451192226

Publisher: Onyx, 1998

Synopsis

His lifelong career in jeopardy after being accused of coercing testimony, San Francisco attorney Hunter Dobbs is forced to take the case of a man falsely charged with kidnapping, and the life of an innocent man, as well as his own, hangs in the balance

About this title

About the Author:

Michael C. Eberhardt is the critically acclaimed author of Body of a Crime and Against the Law. A criminal defense attorney, Eberhardt has been practicing in California for almost twenty years. He lives in Lancaster, California.

From Publishers Weekly:

Eberhardt's (Against the Law) latest courtroom-lawyer mystery is set in and around San Francisco. Hunter Dobbs, the sometimes hot-headed public defender at the center of the novel, is framed by a gang-banger client for subornation of perjury. Enter the stunning and plucky Sarah Harris, daughter of retired Judge Avery Harris, Hunter's old nemesis. She agrees to defend Hunter if he'll assist in the defense of her father's longtime friend, charged with kidnapping a child. Nothing comes easy, of course, and soon secrets about the judge pop up along with a body. Hunter's first-person narration is effective, but the romantic involvement is obvious from the get go, leaving the reader no room for the imagination. Though the novel incorporates an interesting angle—Hunter can't defend himself against the perjury charges without violating lawyer-client privilege—the plot is slack, with only Hunter's occasional flare-up adding spice.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Onyx
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0451192222
• ISBN 13: 9780451192226
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416