A concrete floor three hundred feet up in the Aurora Tower condo development in SoHo has collapsed, hurling three workers to their deaths. The developer, Roth Properties (owned by the famously abrasive Simon Roth), faces a vast tangle of legal problems, including allegations of mob connections. Roth’s longtime lawyers, the elite midtown law firm of Blake and Wolcott, is assigned the task of cleaning up the mess. Much of the work lands on the plate of smart, cynical, and seasoned associate Duncan Riley; as a result, he falls into the powerful orbit of Leah Roth, the beautiful daughter of Simon Roth and the designated inheritor of his real estate empire.
Meanwhile, Riley pursues a seemingly small pro bono case in which he attempts to forestall the eviction of Rafael Nazario and his grandmother from public housing in the wake of a pot bust. One night Rafael is picked up and charged with the murder of the private security cop who caught him, a murder that took place in another controversial “mixed income” housing development being built by . . . Roth Properties. Duncan Riley is now walking the knife edge of legal ethics and personal morality.
Blind Man’s Alley is a suspenseful and kaleidoscopic journey through a world where the only rule is self- preservation. The New York Times Book Review said of A Cure for Night that “[Peacock] heads toward Scott Turow country . . . he’s got a good chance to make partner.” This taut, topical, and socially alert thriller delivers on that promise.
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I'd make a horrible lawyer! I hate to argue & when I do I usually forget my point because I get angry.
Excellent question! I took the LSAT and was admitted to law school. I looked that the textbooks and they were so boring that I didn't go.
I worked and sent my 1st husband through law school and could never win an argument with him yet when I was a juror in a trial, I swayed the rest of the jurors to vote "guilty". Before I had my say, they could not agree on a verdict.
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I love to debate different topics so I think I would make a great lawyer.
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No, I'd make a terrible lawyer. Social anxiety disorder and I cry when I get frustrated wouldn't go over too well.
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not entering, this one has been on my TBR pile awhile. Jeff read it said it was good. I have to move this one up the stack.
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