![]() Perhaps I am wrong (this has been known to happen on the odd occasion) but I am inclined to think that Australians would not allow such things to destroy a political career if the candidate were otherwise capable. One aspect of the novel that I found confusing was the importance placed on the secrets harboured by the respective protagonists. The fact that this novel deals with events with which a new American President finds himself confronted had me rather puzzled along the way. Probably Americans would find the Australian system equally obscure. As an Australian, I was mystified by many of the twists and turns in the recent Presidential election. In this book I found my attention wandering somewhat but fear that was due to my lack of familiarity with the American legal and political system. ![]() Patterson has amply demonstrated his abilities to maintain a high degree of tension and suspense in all his legal thrillers to date. Others of his books are Dark Lady, No Safe Place, Degree of Guilt, Silent Witness and Eyes of a Child, some featuring Caroline Masters, one of the main protagonists of this novel, Protect and Defend.īy definition a lawyer has to be an accomplished wordsmith, but the use he makes of his talent decides his success in a possible career in fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() It must have been heartening for the lawyer-cum-writer to have his first thriller win an Edgar Allan Poe Award. Experience in his professional life provoked, in 1979, his first novel,Ý The Lasko Tangent. ![]()
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