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The Law of Second Chances: A Novel
Written by James Sheehan
Narrated by Dick Hill
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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Jack Tobin, a Florida trial lawyer, is dedicated to ending capital punishment one prisoner at a time. Jack is convinced that doomed convict Henry Wilson is innocent, but can he delay execution and get Henry a new trial in time?
Benny Avrile is a small-time crook with his eye on an oilman's big billfold. But as he makes his move, a shot rings out and the oilman falls dead; Benny blacks out. Just when his fate is all but sealed, an old friend from Jack's past reaches out...
The clock is ticking, two innocent men are facing the death penalty, yet the one person who Jack most wants to save-his beloved wife, Pat-may have the least time of all.
Benny Avrile is a small-time crook with his eye on an oilman's big billfold. But as he makes his move, a shot rings out and the oilman falls dead; Benny blacks out. Just when his fate is all but sealed, an old friend from Jack's past reaches out...
The clock is ticking, two innocent men are facing the death penalty, yet the one person who Jack most wants to save-his beloved wife, Pat-may have the least time of all.
Author
James Sheehan
James Sheehan is a former trial lawyer who currently teaches at a law school in Florida. Deadball is his fifth book. His prior works were The Mayor of Lexington Avenue, The Law of Second Chances, The Lawyers Lawyer, and The Alligator Man.
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Reviews for The Law of Second Chances
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How unusual! Two murder trials in one book and the human story of a wife who discovers she has cancer. A well-written story with all the tensions of a courtroom battle. An easy, but compelling read!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Law of Second Chances is the second book in the Jack Tobin series following on from The Mayor of Lexington Avenue.The author has clearly continued to hone his craft as I found this to be even better than the former which was already excellent; the only thing I didn't particularly like in the former was the flash backs to the past. In this installment however they seem to be much better integrated into the story serving a greater purpose than they seemed too in the former. I certainly enjoyed the structure of this book and the way the two main plot lines dovetailed into one another. Utilising many of the characters from the original novel, this installment brings them back together to fight another case against a seemingly corrupt group hell bent on railroading a small time criminal for a murder with dubious eyewitness evidence and no hard evidence linking him to the crime.It's quite hard not to just plough through this in one sitting as the way the story unfolds is quite captivating and keeps your attention throughout the unfolding lead in, the investigative process and the court maneuvering.Looking forward to the next novel in the series.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Almost in the vein of John Grisham. It's great when people write about what they know---29 years as a trial lawyer gave Sheehan the perfect background to write his legal mystery/thriller.