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Elissa’s 2019 Year in Books
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"Congratulations! Your book has successfully entered the third round of the Cover of the Month contest. Your book has amassed 332 votes so far and your book cover is among the top 50 book covers of the month. (The final round will narrow it down to the top 24 covers).
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A TIME TO KILL was published – to bad reviews and reader indifference – in 1989. I waited 24 years to bring Jake back for another trial, in SYCAMORE ROW. That book was popular because so many readers enjoy Jake and supporting cast. A TIME FOR MERCY is the story of Jake, back in the courtroom, this time defending a 16-year-old kid who shot a deputy. Jake didn’t want the case but no one else would take it. Judge Noose forced it on him, and the town of Clanton turns against Jake.
It will be out October 13. Enjoy!!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53301511-a-time-for-mercy
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“As to each count of the indictment, we the jury find the defendant not guilty by reason of insanity.”
This is a major deviation from established law. In the story, once the jury ruled that Carl Lee was not guilty by reason of insanity, he was sent home for good, a free man. In real life it’s not that simple. He would have been kept in custody, taken to a mental health facility, and treated for his insanity. If he recovered, he would have been put on trial again.
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Make friends with fear, Lucien always said, because it will not go away, and it will destroy you if left uncontrolled.
A trial lawyer, like a gladiator in a fight, walks into the courtroom with a dozen things to be afraid of. Big trials usually start on Monday, and the lawyers work around the clock all weekend getting ready. There is a mountain of stress and tension. And fear. The stakes are so high, especially in a death penalty case. The great trial lawyers learn to handle the fear and use it to their advantage. There’s an old saying: “If you’re not afraid you’re not ready.”
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SUNKEN TREASURE Here's the deal. If you have not been reading the entire series or even just the last several books in the series, you will miss out on a lot of the nuances regarding various characters, but the story itself hangs together beautifully ...more |
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Fratricide Reviled This is book two of a serial rather than a series. If you have not read book one, "Emergence," you may well enjoy book two for its own action, but you will be missing a significant chunk of the story. And the first book was enough f ...more |
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“Nozy Cat lifted one sleepy eyelid, and his marble blue eye glared at her for interrupting his sacred nap. He wore a yellow collar with little red stars printed on it. His second eyelid also opened, and he gave them his irritated blue-eyed glare.”
― Nozy Cat 1
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A decade ago when Isabel’s husband Max had died, they’d moved in together and merged their possessions. Neither sister brought any fussy teapots, canaries, sachets, or doilies, but lots of other stuff had to either stay or go. Looking at the lime green armchair gave Alma the willies. Her suggestion to slipcover it in a more subdued color had garnered Isabel’s frosty stare, and Alma had dropped the matter.”
― Quiet Anchorage
A decade ago when Isabel’s husband Max had died, they’d moved in together and merged their possessions. Neither sister brought any fussy teapots, canaries, sachets, or doilies, but lots of other stuff had to either stay or go. Looking at the lime green armchair gave Alma the willies. Her suggestion to slipcover it in a more subdued color had garnered Isabel’s frosty stare, and Alma had dropped the matter.”
― Quiet Anchorage
“The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.”
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