Felony Murder, Joseph T. Klempner
Felony Murder, Joseph T. Klempner
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Felony Murder

Author: Joseph T. Klempner

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 13 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017

Categories: Fiction, Legal


Synopsis

On the surface, the court-appointed case that lands on young Dean Abernathy's desk is a biggie; he is slated to defend a homeless man accused of the felony murder of the popular black New York City Police commissioner during an early-morning mugging attempt. But at second look, the case promises to be a routine conviction. The evidence is overwhelming. The police have come up with an eyewitness, they have physical evidence, and Joey Spadafino has given the arresting officers a signed confession.Dean's course seems obvious: Get Joe Spadafino, an ex-con, to plead guilty, bargain for the most lenient sentence possible, and figure you can't win ‘em all.Before he can talk to his client about a plea bargain, however, he finds that the prosecutor has already offered one - which Joey refuses. Dean, not only a conscientious defense attorney but a former investigator, starts looking harder at the seemingly incontrovertible evidence.What he turns up changes a foregone conclusion into something very different. The district attorney, although outwardly cooperative, seems to be trying to keep Dean from interviewing the eyewitness - and the reason becomes apparent when Dean, challenged, digs deeper into her background. Anomalies and discrepancies in the government's case crop up.Dean realizes that he is drawing closer to a particularly nasty truth, one that not only puts his life and those of others in immediate peril but confronts him with a moral dilemma that is even more difficult to face.

About Joseph T. Klempner

Joseph T. Klempner is a criminal defense attorney. He was formerly an undercover agent for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and a legal aid attorney. He lives in Upstate New York.


Reviews

Excellent! Well-written & could have been authorized by John Grisham himself! I can't wait to read more from this author! Recommend it highly........more

Goodreads review by Jeremy

wove a good tail, but it seemed to be missing something. i hoped the ending would capture that lost nugget, but it fell short. a decent read, but nothing to really immerse yourself in.......more

Goodreads review by Joe

Slow set up, runs in place sometimes, and the girl he falls in love with is no prize. (He takes a ski trip that has nothing to do with anything!) There are also a few too convenient plot devices; ex, an unnecessary idiotic mistake by the bad guys just before the trial. But if a story is only as goo......more

Goodreads review by Alyssia

I’m toying between three and four stars here, but think I’m going to have to settle on three. The story is well told and certainly interesting but there’s something missing here. I think it might be how abruptly it ends - the author has covered so much in so much minute detail, you’d expect the same......more