Welcome to the Silicon Valley law firm of Tweedmore & Slyde, where multimillion-dollar deals are the order of the day, ambition runs high, and stabbing a colleague in the back could be taken all too literally.T&S is a hot firm making a bid to be a major national player when Leo Slyde—the company’s chief rainmaker, its king of the “billable hour”—is found stabbed to death in his corner … corner office. It falls to T&S’s brightest, most unjustifiably insecure young associate Howard Rickover to conduct a risky “inside job” for homicide detective Sarah Nelson. But can Howard flush out a wily murderer among lawyers who do not make it their practice to be caught unprepared—and still keep up with an associate’s impossible workload?
“Susan Wolfe is at her best depicting—and spoofing—the glitzy law firm scene. A lawyer herself, she serves her damages with skill and obvious glee.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“A world of captivating corruption…with a delicate blend of malice, suspense and sharp psychology, Wolfe winds up her story with a scene that explodes a number of myths.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
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Very dated lawyer firm novel. Relatively low-key murder mystery.
A bit of a contrived plot but it accurately shows the dark side of the billable hor factory.
I enjoyed this legal thriller. I would not say all of it was easy to read because the details of cases were a bit too complicated for the layman and geared more to someone with legal training and expertise. There was some good character development and I would like to see the author follow this with a sequel.
My daughter-in-law is an attorney and is always sending me lawyer jokes. This was a very entertaining and enlightening read. Fast paced and well thought out. Surprised at the ending.
A pageturner for me. Very readable. Another good lawyer book