The Heart of Justice - Softcover

Coughlin, William J.

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312955510 ISBN 13: 9780312955519

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1995

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Hope Scott...
She's a beautiful New York heiress who will do anything for love, including pulling strings with a ruthless power broker to advance her husband's judicial career. But she doesn't know the hidden price; a blackmail, the rape of her trust fund, and perhaps the ruin of her marriage.

Judge Paul Murray...
He fought his way up from his working-class Irish roots to the Federal bench. Tough and honest, dedicated to the law, he relishes sitting on the case before to rival some of America's biggest corporate takeovers.

The heart of justice..
The outcome is worth billions, the tactics cutthroat, and suddenly, with the threatened exposure of a ruinous secret, everything Paul cares about is on the line--his marriage, his career, his reputation. Now faced with choices he never thought he'd have to make, he must confront what truly lies at the heart of justice...

With lighting dialogue and authentic courtroom action, William J. Coughlin, former prosecutor and bestselling author of In the Presence of Enemies and Shadow of a Doubt, spins another superb legal thriller filled with emotions on the fire, intellects at war, and an outcome exploding with excitement and surprise.

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About the Author:

A former prosecuting attorney in Detroit for twenty years, William J. Coughlin was the author of fifteen novels. He lived in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, with his wife Ruth, an author and book critic.

From AudioFile:

A newly appointed federal judge finds himself embroiled in a ruthless corporate-takeover suit; his personal loyalties and professional ethics will be called into question. Dick Hill offers a superlative performance, lending his expressive baritone to wonderful characterizations. Hill brings alive the many characters and their changing moods: from the grating snideness of Jordan Crandall, to the cultured sweetness of the wealthy Hope Scott Murray and the awkward, yet savvy, geekiness of the computer wiz kid. Special effects of voices heard over the telephones, answering machines and the like increase this positive listening experience. Coughlin's skill as a writer, coupled with Hill's as a reader, make the sometimes confusing world of corporate law and high finance, not only manageable, but enjoyable. J.H.B. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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