The Professor (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers, #1)

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Law professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama But when a power hungry colleague uses a recent run in between McMurtrie and headstrong student Rick Drake to end his career, he is left unsure what to do next.Meanwhile, a devastating trucking accident in Henshaw, Alabama, leaves a young family dead Drake, now a fledgling lawyer, takes the case against the freight carrier and soon begins to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that is buried in a tangled web of arson, bribery, and greed On the eve of the trial and with his case unraveling in the midst of a dangerous cover up that threatens to silence his star witnesses, Drake realizes that only his estranged mentor, Professor McMurtrie, can help him now.With everything to lose and only justice to gain, will McMurtrie and Drake overcome bad blood to defeat a ruthless adversary Can the Professor turn back the clock and recover all that he s lostRevised edition This edition of The Professor includes editorial revisions Best Read The Professor (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers, #1) [ by ] Robert Bailey [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr There s something about a good legal thriller that always gets my juices going I find trials to be fascinating and gripping I m one of those people who can watch hours and hours of Law Order so when The Professor by Robert Bailey became available on Netgalley, I crossed my fingers that my request would be granted Thank you Angry Robot for accepting my request.The Professor follows a harrowing trial where the defendant provides one vicious hurdle after another in an effort to get a verdi There s something about a good legal thriller that always gets my juices going I find trials to be fascinating and gripping I m one of tho...THE PROFESSOR by Robert BaileyTHE PROFESSOR is an incredibly polished, truly larger than life novel I m not fond of converting books to film, but the nature of this novel is so vast that in itself, it resembles the Big Screen From the first episode, I felt as if I viewed the events, not visualized them Secondly, there s so much here that in a lesser hand than author Robert Bailey s, would have been rendered trite and flat, two dimensional Good VS Evil Greed vs Common humanity Lust vs I THE PROFESSOR by Robert BaileyTHE PROFESSOR is an incredibly polished, truly larger than life novel I m not fond of converting books to film, but the nature of this novel is so vast that in itself, it resembles the Big Screen From the first episode, I felt as if I viewed the events, not visualized them Secondly, there s so much here that in a lesser hand than author Robert Bailey s, would have been rendered trite and flat, two dimensional Good VS Evil Greed vs Common humanity Lust vs Integrity Instead, it is all fully rendered, consuming, encompassing, and engrossing I won t go into deep detail the novel speaks for itself but you owe this immense reading experience to yourself According ...A good courthouse drama surrounded by corruption and murder Wonderful character development and interesting litigating tactics.This is the debut novel of Robert Bailey For a first book I am impressed and if he writesbooks I will buy them.I found it exciting to have a different type of protagonist in this story Not the usual handsome young, know it all, action hero but in this story we have a sixty eight year old male law professor, Thomas Jackson McMurtrie He was a former college football star who went on to become a professor and scholar His wife has died recently he has been diagnosed with bladder cancer T This is the debut novel of Robert Bailey For a first book I am impressed and if he writesbooks I will buy them.I found it exciting to have a different type of protagonist in this story Not the usual handsome young, know it all, action hero but in this story we have a sixty eight year old male law professor, Thomas Jackson McMurtrie He was a former college football star who went on to become a professor and scholar His wife has died recently he has been diagnosed with bladder cancer The new young head of the law school is forcing the entire older faculty into retirement and now it has happening to him.Professor McMurtrie joins with one of his former law students, Rick Drake, in a wrongful death case against a trucking company Drake is headstrong, passionate and in over his head McMurtrie is experienced, even tempered, and of exceptional integrity and most of all he wrote ... A special thank you to Thomas Mercer and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review3.5 starsTHE PROFESSOR, set in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1969, Robert Baileydelivers his debut, a Southern taut legal suspense thriller mixed with a football icon, Paul Bear Bryant, an American college football player and coach best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football Thomas Jackson McMurtrie wants to be a trial attorney, and had just been approached the p A special thank you to Thomas Mercer and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review3.5 starsTHE PROFESSOR, set in Tuscaloosa...I purchased this book on my new GR friend Chuck s recommendation and I m glad I did think Rocky for old white guys in their sixties which group I include myself in BTW Let s face it folks, old white guys are not exactly media darlings these days which made The Professor such a charismatic lead in this tightly written, well paced legal thriller A 40 year law professor who wrote the definitive book on evidence in Alabama and played on the legendary football coach Bear Bryant s 1961 Na I purchased this book on my new GR friend Chuck s recommendation and I m glad I did think Rocky for old white guys in their sixties which group I include myself in BTW Let s face it folks, old white guys are not exactly media darlings these days which made The Professor such a charismatic lead in this tightly written, well paced legal thriller A 40 year law professor who wrote the definitive book on evidence in Alabama and played on the legendary football coach Bear Bryant s 1961 National Championship team as a student, is betrayed and forced out by a Dean who wants a younger staff Battling bladder cancer, Tom struggles to get things together enough to win an actual trial of a lawsuit involving the death of a family at the hands of a speeding trucker hauling gasoline and represented by the same attorney who befriended Tom, then betrayed him to the...Coming February from Angry Robot Ltd Exhibit AThank you to the author and publisher for the advance reading copy via netgalley.Thomas Jackson McMurtrie is a living legend scorned Forty years ago, he gave up a promising career as a trial lawyer to become a law professor at the University of Alabama at the request of his mentor ...I love a good, juicy legal thriller, particularly one set in the American south It goes back to TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, I imagine Few reading experiences can compare with getting knee deep into a case with a lawyer and his staff, following along with them to the inevitably dramatic conclusion.Is it a formula Sure I fail to see anything wrong with that I do, however, see everything wrong with people who glare down their prissy noses at any story they deem formulaic Just as a recipe for, say I love a good, juicy legal thriller, particularly one set in the American south It goes back to TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, I imagine Few reading experiences can compare with getting knee deep...Book Info Genre Legal suspense thrillersReading Level AdultRecommended for Fans of legal suspense thrillersTrigger Warnings murder, rape, violence, blackmailMy Thoughts Let me state right off that this is not a mystery In a mystery, neither the reader nor the characters know whodunit and the book is a journey to discover who that is This is a suspense thriller book in the legal field, which means the reader, at least, knows who is involved and how, but we watch as the characters try to Book Info Genre Legal suspense thrillersReading Level AdultRecommended for Fans of legal suspense thrillersTrigger Warnings murder, rape, violence, blackmailMy Thoughts Let me state right off that this is not a mystery In a myst...Love John Grisham s early work You ve got it in this Alabama thriller that pulls together a legal thriller with bama football I m not a big football fan, but LOVED this book this is easily going to be a popular novel for men and women in 2014 Be among the first to discover this book and the new a...

The Professor (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers, #1)
  • English
  • 08 November 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 430 pages
  • Robert Bailey
  • The Professor (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers, #1)