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Above The Law
Tim Green returns to Casey Jordan, the heroine of his bestseller The Letter of the Law...
When an illegal Mexican immigrant is shot to death on a ranch outside Dallas, it makes the news, not because of the immigrant, but because of the shooter, rising star Senator Tucker Dean. The death appears to be a hunting accident, and the well-loved senator spins the disaster artfully with his tearful press conference. But, then the wife of the victim steps forward with another tale—and evidence of a cover-up of epic proportions. Casey approaches the district attorney's office hoping he will prosecute, only to discover that no one wants to tangle with the senator, a powerful man on track for a presidential nomination. Clever and ambitious, Casey isn't afraid to stick her neck out even when it's an unpopular move. But when she goes after the senator herself, suddenly everyone she is close to is a target for a man who seems above the law... BUY THE BOOK from an independent bookstore, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble. 
ABOVE THE LAW Hardcover: Grand Central Publishing, February 2009 ISBN: 9780446401500
Praise"Last seen in bestseller Green's The Letter of the Law (2000), feisty Dallas lawyer Casey Jordan must contend with illegal immigrants, abuse of power and pure unadulterated evil in this rousing legal thriller. When a U.S. senator from Texas known only as Chase, the kind of guy who frequents coke whores and kills puppies, suspects one of his undocumented workers, Elijandro "Ellie" Torres, of messing with his wife, Chase shoots Ellie and fakes the death as a hunting accident. Casey, who practices law out of an abandoned gas station, takes on the case of Ellie's widow, Isadora, and baby, Paquita, who are taken into custody by immigration officials and then deported. Casey's hunky love interest, PI Jose O'Brien, aids her in the ever-broadening investigation. Most of the characters are pretty much off-the-shelf, but Green throws in enough unexpected twists to distract readers from the plot's overly familiar aspects. Fans of Green's 12 previous novels will be perfectly satisfied." —Publishers Weekly  |
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