The jailhouse lawyer
A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown--and ends up in jail herself. In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There&#...
| Main Authors: | Patterson, James, 1947- (Author), Allen, Nancy (Lawyer) (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Little Brown & Company,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown--and ends up in jail herself. In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets. Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time. |
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| Physical Description: |
vii, 563 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780316276627 0316276626 |
| Author Notes: |
Nancy Allen practiced law for fifteen years in her native Ozarks and served as a law instructor at Missouri State University for sixteen years. She is also the author of the Ozarks Mystery series. |