Star Witness

Name: Star Witness
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: D. W. Buffa
ISBN: 9781543612370

Author: D. W. Buffa

Series: Joseph Antonelli Series #5

Narrator: Buck Schirner

Unabridged: 13 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 05/16/2017

Categories: Fiction, Legal

Synopsis

Star Witness is about a man on trial for murder - a man recognized as one of the film industry's most successful writers/directors, a man of almost mythic drive and talent, and someone who looks more guilty with every passing witness. Attorney Joseph Antonelli - suave, philosophical, fearless, and cagey - takes up the director's defense for the murder of his wife, the actress every woman wants to be and every man wants to possess. Despite Antonelli's flawless examination of the prosecution's witnesses, the jury finds fewer and fewer reasons to doubt. Then the director shows Antonelli the script he considers his masterpiece - a re-imagining of Orson Welles's Citizen Kane - with a visionary film director as its hero. In this story-within-a-story, the accused reveals his version of the tragedy - the secrets of his marriage, and the ominous events that led to his wife's death. In it we see the way art can imitate life - and unmask a killer even the court can't find. Star Witness is a breath-taking novel about the nature of fame and the ever-confusing intersection of truth and fantasy, dream and desire.

About D. W. Buffa

D.W. Buffa served as a defense attorney for ten years. He is the author of five acclaimed novels, The Judgment, nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel of the Year, Star Witness, The Legacy, The Prosecution, and The Defense. He lives in California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maddy on September 02, 2013

RATING: 3.75 This fifth book in the series finds Joseph Antonelli defending Stanley Roth, one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, who has been accused of murdering his movie star wife, Mary Margaret Flanders (nee Marian Walsh). There were only 3 people at their home when Mary Margaret was killed:......more

Goodreads review by Vallery on March 21, 2019

I would have given this book a higher rating but it is about 100 pages too long. Lots of insihts into Hollywood, philosophy, trials, etc, but in the end I started skimming.......more

Goodreads review by Carl on February 02, 2019

Star Witness is a legal thriller featuring Buffa’s familiar character of Joseph Antonelli, a gritty, bar-room brawling type of lawyer, who is defending Hollywood studio mogul Joseph Roth, accused of murdering his wife, a high profile actress working on one of his films. There are a list of potential......more

Goodreads review by Gregory on December 16, 2024

Another well written book by D.W. Buffa. What I enjoy about this series of books the stories are realistic. This is true of this book as well. Even though much of the story is outside the courtroom, it is still a legal thriller. As with legal cases, the evidence is built upon each other. There are n......more

Goodreads review by Linda on August 25, 2020

A slower read than Buffa's first three books. Criminal Defense Attorney Joseph Antonelli steps into the world and politics of Hollywood. I think it may not have been a world of that much interest, as the author may have learned, making the book a little slow moving. But I guess as a writer, when you......more