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Fiona Gavelle Mysteries #5
Judge vs Water: A Fiona Gavelle Humorcide
With a big splash, fifty years of lies were revealed.
Join Fiona Gavelle, lawyer and part time sleuth in solving the mystery. Meet her unusual clients and visit Chicago, Illinois without leaving the warmth of your Kindle. Disclaimer, this book does not include any car chases, no one runs down a dark alley at midnight and no one has a locker at the bus station..
Join Fiona Gavelle, lawyer and part time sleuth in solving the mystery. Meet her unusual clients and visit Chicago, Illinois without leaving the warmth of your Kindle. Disclaimer, this book does not include any car chases, no one runs down a dark alley at midnight and no one has a locker at the bus station..
269 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 23, 2019
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About the author
Una Tiers
6 books375 followersJudge vs Pearl has been in progress for a while. I am nearly ready to ask for beta readers. Let me know especially if you wrote a review for one of my books. Send me an e-mail
una@unatiers.com
I've also started writing Judge vs Wheels. I'm at 8000 words and happy as a bug.
I grew up in Chicago and have always been an avid reader. By the seventh grade, she had read most of the books in her grade school library. Once a month she was allowed to spend a Friday at the main branch of the Chicago Public Library. In high school, she conducted most of her research there. One of her favorite projects was an essay on Scarborough Fair/Canticle by Simon and Garfunkel.
As a practicing attorney, she wrote hundreds of articles for consumers and other lawyers.
One fateful day a judge threatened to arrest her. The opposing counsel made a deal and they failed to keep up their end of it. It was a lie.
That day she wrote for several hours and the story evolved into Judge vs Nuts.
Her stories are about the law with large motions of humor. om the perspective of an attorney.
Una Tiers is the pen name I created because judges die in most of my mysteries and they don't have a sense of humor.
Yes, it means something cryptic and if you guess it correctly, I will admit it to you alone.
I hope you will meet and love some of my characters. They aren't always well-behaved, but I love them dearly.
You can read about Fiona Gavelle on my webpage. https://unatiers.com
Note that although the Fiona Gavelle books are a series, they can be read and enjoyed in any order.
Thank you to all the readers.
una@unatiers.com
I've also started writing Judge vs Wheels. I'm at 8000 words and happy as a bug.
I grew up in Chicago and have always been an avid reader. By the seventh grade, she had read most of the books in her grade school library. Once a month she was allowed to spend a Friday at the main branch of the Chicago Public Library. In high school, she conducted most of her research there. One of her favorite projects was an essay on Scarborough Fair/Canticle by Simon and Garfunkel.
As a practicing attorney, she wrote hundreds of articles for consumers and other lawyers.
One fateful day a judge threatened to arrest her. The opposing counsel made a deal and they failed to keep up their end of it. It was a lie.
That day she wrote for several hours and the story evolved into Judge vs Nuts.
Her stories are about the law with large motions of humor. om the perspective of an attorney.
Una Tiers is the pen name I created because judges die in most of my mysteries and they don't have a sense of humor.
Yes, it means something cryptic and if you guess it correctly, I will admit it to you alone.
I hope you will meet and love some of my characters. They aren't always well-behaved, but I love them dearly.
You can read about Fiona Gavelle on my webpage. https://unatiers.com
Note that although the Fiona Gavelle books are a series, they can be read and enjoyed in any order.
Thank you to all the readers.
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November 16, 2020
One of my favorite type of murder mysteries is a legal mystery. I also like learning more about the Law and how the courts work. This book fit in both of those categories. Fiona Gavelle is a Wills and Probate lawyer who is trying to get her legal practice off the ground. A law school friend asks Fiona for help with a probate, and Fiona finds that this probate is much more than anyone suspects.
I really liked the quirky characters and humor in this book. Who knew that Wills could be so funny?
I really liked the quirky characters and humor in this book. Who knew that Wills could be so funny?
January 13, 2020
JUDGE VS WATER
As a fan of the humorcides of Una Tiers, I gotta say this is the best yet.
Numero Una.
So, a judge drowned. JUDGE VS WATER, the title. That's funny.
And I thoroughly enjoyed it all the way to the end.
So many laughs per page, I imagined the audio-book to sound like a stand-up comedy act.
Fiona Gavelle is such a likable character, relating her struggles with beginning a legal career, setting up an office, her wardrobe, diet, client experiences, and romance. Etc.
I'm glad she didn't join a fancy firm like on "The Good Wife," that would not be funny. There, they don't have 'baloney meters', or 'eau de basement'.
You can even, seriously, learn some real stuff about lawyering and legal matters when Fiona deals with the disfunctional Prince family. You can learn something about the city, Chicago.
It's all good. Mostly the fun.
As a fan of the humorcides of Una Tiers, I gotta say this is the best yet.
Numero Una.
So, a judge drowned. JUDGE VS WATER, the title. That's funny.
And I thoroughly enjoyed it all the way to the end.
So many laughs per page, I imagined the audio-book to sound like a stand-up comedy act.
Fiona Gavelle is such a likable character, relating her struggles with beginning a legal career, setting up an office, her wardrobe, diet, client experiences, and romance. Etc.
I'm glad she didn't join a fancy firm like on "The Good Wife," that would not be funny. There, they don't have 'baloney meters', or 'eau de basement'.
You can even, seriously, learn some real stuff about lawyering and legal matters when Fiona deals with the disfunctional Prince family. You can learn something about the city, Chicago.
It's all good. Mostly the fun.
December 23, 2020
Fun book. The best one to date.
November 25, 2020
I read Judge vs. Water based on a reader’s review and it did not disappoint. Along with amusing character names like lawyers Fiona Gavelle and Natalie Brief, the story was filled with interesting facts about probate cases and explained how the process works. I loved the true-to-life descriptions on how Fiona the lawyer spends her days, dealing with grumpy court clerks and workers stealing office supplies. I don’t normally read mysteries or much fiction, but this story kept me entertained. And to think I connected with Una on Goodreads thinking she was an editor I knew from UC Berkeley. A happy mistake! I want to read all her books now.
March 8, 2020
Fiona Gavelle is a lawyer, and curious enough to solve mysteries.
She is still struggling to find a way to get her law practice going, having a real office.
A good read with humor, and you may even learn about some real legal stuff.
A great way to visit Chicago without leaving home or your couch.
She is still struggling to find a way to get her law practice going, having a real office.
A good read with humor, and you may even learn about some real legal stuff.
A great way to visit Chicago without leaving home or your couch.
August 3, 2021
A very entertaining and educational story regarding probate legality. I can totally relate to the main character as a self starter in a career with many untitled people. She was a fun character to follow. The story kept the reader engaged with twists and turns of the plot and many side characters
May 28, 2020
Judge vs Water: A Fiona Gavelle Humorcide
This was a good book how ever I do wish the author had done more to make it more interesting.I look forward to reading more of this authors work.
This was a good book how ever I do wish the author had done more to make it more interesting.I look forward to reading more of this authors work.
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