Rated ★★★★★ by Readers’ FavoritePaddy Moran, a former cop from Brooklyn, is a newly licensed attorney in Houston with dreams and aspirations to make it big. He survives early rough bumps and ethical challenges. Then, through networking, he lands two high-profile clients. With his brash moxie and brilliant legal strategy, he gets outstanding outcomes that put him on the success trajectory to the … trajectory to the upper echelons of the city’s divorce bar. But, faced with difficult choices in high-stakes litigation, will he balance his thirst for recognition and respect with his sense of right and wrong?
The Best People also follows Pilar Galt, a sensuous, intelligent single mother from the Houston barrios, for whom a temp assignment evolves into a relationship with the richest man in town. Her path intersects with Paddy’s and eventually converges with his during a pivotal time in her life when she must overcome self-destructive tendencies to survive.
A legal drama and social satire set after Enron and before the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, The Best People portrays a Houston as it is: a glitzy meritocracy populated with larger-than-life characters. It is the landscape where the country-club and café-society sets clash amidst clever legal maneuvering, big law firm politics, a Ponzi scheme, and judicial corruption.
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This is a wonderful fiction book that takes place in Houston Texas. I fell in love with the plot and a character named Paddy.
Cleverly written, this satire of Houston’s upper crust has fascinating characters, ups and downs of fortune, and a sardonic sense of justice throughout. Reminiscent of Bonfire of the Vanities and Murder in the One Percent, this book focuses on the rich and powerful of Houston, where money and people, especially the best people, are “different.”
Marc brings the family court system in Houston, Texas to life and lights up the pages with a readable, interesting book.
Written by a lawyer, this guy obviously knows the corruption in the business which is likely more prominent than we, the poor laypeople shall ever know.
The Best People was definitely a page-turner!! Paddy started at the bottom of the Law world and made his way up to the top. This goes to show that people still know the difference of right and wrong. Thank you so much to Suzy Approved Book Tours for this fabulous read!!!
Highly recommend this page-turner! You will not be able to put this down. The characters stick with you. Marc Grossberg has a keen eye, and described characters that relate to people that we all know. This social satire will leave you laughing, shocked, and maybe a bit wary of “the best people.”
The Best People: A Tale of Trials and Errors debut book by Marc Grossberg is definitely a page turner. Mr Grossberg wrote a wonderful story which drew me right in and did not let me go until I turned the last page. The book is very well written and keeps you engaged. The characters are interesting, well defined and likable. There are many twists and turns, power, wealth, poverty it is all here in this book. Ho is right, who will bend the law to get the win. There are choices to be made and the author shows these choices to you and lets you know which ones the characters choose. Will they choose to follow the law or will they bend the rules and hope that they don’t lose everything. Consequences happen when they get in over their head, are too greedy and forget to follow the law so you decide who are the best people?. This book was very fast paced and entertaining. I really enjoyed this book and can’t wait to see what Mr. Grossberg has in store for us next.
Paddy is just starting out as a lawyer in Houston. He is struggling to make ends meet. Then he lucks up on his first case, which just so happens, leads to his second case. And so on and so forth. As things start to change for the better so does Paddy’s attitude. He tends to get more greedy and more competitive. Paddy is such a great character. He is hardworking and has a strong ambition. He starts out as the underdog. As a reader, you want him to succeed and keep it that way. But when things start going great for Paddy, he changes. His greed gets out of hand. He makes terrible and tragic decisions. It has been a while since I have read a legal thriller. So, this book hit the spot. I enjoyed the way the author tied all the different legal problems into one common denominator…Paddy. Paddy is an enjoyable character all the way through, even when his decision making skills fall apart! Need a quick, good thriller. This is it! I received this novel from https://www.facebook.com/suzyapprovedbooktours/ for a honest review.
I liked Paddy at first. Even though he was starting at the bottom of the ladder, he still had his ethics. He knew right vs wrong. He helped his fellow police officers with divorce and personal injury cases, but it wasn’t enough. Small time cases are not going to help him climb that ladder. Paddy is ambitious and he knows he will eventually rise, but he wants to rise faster!
That quickly changed as soon as he wins a few high profile cases. One of those high profile clients is in with the rich and powerful. She helps spread Paddy’s name around, and it catches like wildfire. Now Paddy is climbing that ladder faster than he ever dreamed! However, this type of fame comes with a price.
Pilar is trying to be the best single mom she can be. She gets herself out of an abusive marriage with Paddy’s help. Shortly after, she lands a temp job in the office of VJ Simmons. Pilar knows the name because he is a legend in the business world. You know where this is going. If you guessed that she would fall in love with a married man, you would be correct. How could she not? He was everything her ex wasn’t. Except Pilar will surprise you in this relationship. She’s no dummy, and her daughter is always priority #1! I was impressed with her character right up to the very end.
I like how the story brings Paddy and Pilar together. Except one will take the other one down. Who will it be? Who will end up on the same side as The Best People?
Thank you Suzy Approved Book Tours, Marc Grossberg and Greenleaf Book Group Press for letting me a part of this tour.
In this captivating novel we have Paddy Moran, an ex-cop turned newly licensed divorce lawyer and Pilar Galt, a woman from humble beginnings in need of a divorce from an abusive husband. With a diverse cast of supporting characters, all wonderfully developed, we follow the highs and lows of Paddy and Pilar’s journey to become part of the crowd known as The Best People. It’s primarily a tale of morality and the consequences from the choices they make navigating in the world of the rich and famous. The author does a great job of making you feel for the characters in both good times and bad, with an easy going writing style. Fast-paced and entertaining, I felt totally invested from start to finish. I highly recommend this one!
This book was completely addicting and tells the tale of one man’s journey from the bottom of Houston’s social scene, to the very top of the “Best People.” Paddy, a Brooklyn-born former police officer with Houston PD, finishes law school and begins to take on his first cases. With humble office space and zero clients, he makes his mark helping former cops with divorces and personal injury cases. As the favorable settlements begin to accumulate, Paddy acquires higher profile clients and a place among the Houston social scene.
In a parallel storyline, Pillar is woman desperate to escape her abusive relationship and create a better life for herself and her daughter. Taking advice from a mutual friend, Pillar seeks Paddy’s advice and counsel about leaving her husband. Pillar is granted her divorce and later, while working as a secretary in temp job, meets and marries VJ, a multi-million dollar businessman who introduces Pillar to a life she’s only dreamed about.
With both Paddy and Pillar soaring within the Houston social scene, there’s only one thing that can ruin everything, ambivalence and greed. Who will take things too far and end up losing everything in the process?
I absolutely loved this book and was completely engaged with the characters. While Paddy wasn’t the most ethical of lawyers, I found myself cheering for him until the very end. The writing was superb and I’d definitely read another book by Marc Grossberg. If you want to take a journey up and down the social ladder, check out The Best People!
Marc Grossberg, Author of “The Best People: A Tale of Trial and Errors has written an intriguing, entertaining, intense, dramatic, witty and captivating story. The Genres for this novel are Satire, Fiction, Legal Fiction, Legal Drama, and Humor. The story takes place in Houston Texas, and the timeline is in the author’s present and goes to the past when it pertains to the characters and events. The author describes his colorful cast of dramatic characters as complex and complicated.
Paddy Moran is a former police officer from Brooklyn, who has just passed the bar and is ready to set up practicing law. One of the first people that Paddy helps is a fellow police officer who needs a divorce. Before long, word passes out that Paddy is the “guy” you should go to, especially if you need a divorce. I thought Paddy’s first time in court, was very witty. Paddy does have some ups and downs but is noticing the ” big-time law firms and the way the attorneys dress and act. Is it possible that Paddy is hungry for more at any cost?
Pilar Galt comes from humble roots and had lived in the Houston Barios. She is intelligent and beautiful and is having marital problems. Pilar needs a divorce from an abusive husband and has a young child to take care of. Paddy gives Pilar the name of a woman attorney who helps her with her divorce. While Pilar is working temporary jobs, she meets a very wealthy man.
I appreciate that Marc Grossberg writes about the differences in wealth and poverty, power struggles, betrayals, what is legal and what is not legal, and gray areas in the law. Who truly are the best people? Are they the ones who know how to beat the system, or are they the ones that follow the law? Will justice be served? Does justice concern what is right or wrong?
There are twists and turns, revenge, rewards, and consequences. The author describes the choices that the characters are offered, and what they choose. This is a witty and thought-provoking story. In many ways, it is a spoof on the political, and judicial system. I would highly recommend this entertaining and intense novel.
creative, well written