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HTML:A lawyer investigates the murder of an aspiring adoptive father: "A climax that will take most readers by surprise" (Chicago Tribune). It's Ben Kincaid's first day as an associate at corporate giant Raven, Tucker & Tubb, and he's ready to start the long climb up the ladder to partnership. But he's barely cleared the first rung when a body trips him up. Ben's first task is to arrange an adoption for one of the firm's biggest clientsâ??a bit of grunt work that becomes interesting when he meets the child in question. Emily suffers from Korsakov's Syndrome, a rare disorder that prevents her from forming memories, and Jonathan and Bertha Adams want nothing more than to raise her as their own. But Kincaid has just begun getting the paperwork together when he gets a chilling phone call: Jonathan has been found dead, hacked to pieces in an alleyway. Investigating the killing will take Kincaid down a fearsome path, leading him to wish that, like Emily, he had the power to forg… (meer)
Ben Kincaid has joined a prestigious litigation law firm after over a year at the D.A.’s office in Oklahoma City. Now in Tulsa Ben begins his new job at Raven, Tucker & Tubb as an associate joining 5 others in the new class as they start the climb up the corporate ladder to a partnership. Assignment on the 1st day by supervising attorney Richard Derek is to prepare for an adoption proceeding for an employee of the firm’s biggest client but more importantly the client that brings the highest revenue to the firm. Little could he have imagined the impact that 1st client meeting would have on his life.
The legal profession’s loss of William Bernhardt as an attorney is assuredly a reader’s good luck! Every aspect of his writing places you within the scene from location to character development to narrative. If the characters were real and a reader walked into the room, the reader would be able to identify and begin speaking with each person by name.
I liked that the author gave a nod to his home state of Oklahoma for the opening settings of Ben Kincaid’s employment. The addition of the adoptive child Emily being a special needs child having a rare disorder of Korsakov’s Syndrome is pivotal to the adoption case and a disorder that I was unaware.
I am disappointed that the description of Christina’s hair
“Her strawberry hair was pulled back and twisted in a strange cross between a French braid and a librarian’s bun.”
It is beyond time to stop reference to a librarian’s hairstyle. I hope Mr. Bernhardt addresses stereotyping in The Red Sneaker Writing instruction opportunities.
I can’t wait to read what follows for Ben Kincaid. ( )
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“Among the virtues, some are primary and some are subordinate to these. The following are primary: wisdom, courage, justice.” Zeno the Stoic (c. 335-263 B.C.)
“It is the curse, as well as the fascination of the law, that lawyers get to know more than is good for them about their fellow human beings.” John Mortimer, 1979
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For my parents
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“ONCE AGAIN,” THE MAN said, pulling the little girl along by the leash tied to his wrist and hers. “Tell me your name.”
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Fiction.
Thriller.
HTML:A lawyer investigates the murder of an aspiring adoptive father: "A climax that will take most readers by surprise" (Chicago Tribune). It's Ben Kincaid's first day as an associate at corporate giant Raven, Tucker & Tubb, and he's ready to start the long climb up the ladder to partnership. But he's barely cleared the first rung when a body trips him up. Ben's first task is to arrange an adoption for one of the firm's biggest clientsâ??a bit of grunt work that becomes interesting when he meets the child in question. Emily suffers from Korsakov's Syndrome, a rare disorder that prevents her from forming memories, and Jonathan and Bertha Adams want nothing more than to raise her as their own. But Kincaid has just begun getting the paperwork together when he gets a chilling phone call: Jonathan has been found dead, hacked to pieces in an alleyway. Investigating the killing will take Kincaid down a fearsome path, leading him to wish that, like Emily, he had the power to forg
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The legal profession’s loss of William Bernhardt as an attorney is assuredly a reader’s good luck! Every aspect of his writing places you within the scene from location to character development to narrative. If the characters were real and a reader walked into the room, the reader would be able to identify and begin speaking with each person by name.
I liked that the author gave a nod to his home state of Oklahoma for the opening settings of Ben Kincaid’s employment. The addition of the adoptive child Emily being a special needs child having a rare disorder of Korsakov’s Syndrome is pivotal to the adoption case and a disorder that I was unaware.
I am disappointed that the description of Christina’s hair It is beyond time to stop reference to a librarian’s hairstyle. I hope Mr. Bernhardt addresses stereotyping in The Red Sneaker Writing instruction opportunities.
I can’t wait to read what follows for Ben Kincaid. (