No Defense, Kate Wilhelm
No Defense, Kate Wilhelm
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No Defense
A Barbara Holloway Mystery

Author: Kate Wilhelm

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 11 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/03/2011

Synopsis

Lara and Vinny Jessup had a lovely MayDecember marriageuntil the day Vinny was found dead. Initially, the sheriff in Loomis County thinks that Vinny died when his car rolled over on a bad curve on Lookout Mountain. But then he finds a gunshot wound. Was it suicide, or was it murder? With a large insurance policy as her motive, Lara could have staged the deathor so it appears to the sheriff. Barbara Holloway is a trial lawyer who tends to take on difficult cases, but in every previous case she has had some fragment with which she could build an argument. She finds herself drawn to the Oregon desert to take on this case, accompanied by her associates: her colleague Shelley and the detective Bailey Novell, along with her father, Frank. But the case itself is as dead as the desert. Is there any defense at all?

About Kate Wilhelm

Kate Wilhelm (1928–2018) was the bestselling author of dozens of novels and short-story collections. Among her novels are the popular courtroom thrillers featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. Her other works include the science fiction classic Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang.

Reviews

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on November 23, 2024

What I like about the author Kate Wilhelm’s writing is she makes the usual courtroom theatre present in most big criminal cases obvious. She points a strong light on backroom shenagans, exposing why the law isn't about justice or right and wrong from any lawyer's point of view. Whatever reason for a......more

Goodreads review by Una on May 16, 2016

The book caught my interest but then started to drag about page 50. There are beautiful phrases that are lost when the author tries too hard to make each sentence poetic. Overuse of a thesaurus in places.......more

Goodreads review by Cherie on March 19, 2018

I forgive the narrator for not knowing how to pronounce the Willamet River. If I am ever in trouble, I want Barbara and her father and Bailey on my defense team!......more

Goodreads review by Hazel on August 05, 2019

Four and a half stars. Interesting use of perpetuation of testimony as a method of exposing truths that the bad guy does not want revealed. The discussion of manipulation of the supreme court by monied interests was also fascinating and satisfying, and well-complemented the prejudice often found in......more

Goodreads review by Susan on October 28, 2022

The relationship stuff is really a negative where this series of books is concerned. In most books, characters rarely stop for sleep or food. In this series, these guys eat a minimum of three very detailed meals a day with countless cocktails, coffee, and tea interspersed. Yes, there are the obligato......more

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