Appearance of Counsel

Joseph C. Gleason #1

by Andrew McAleer

Appearance of Counsel is a Boston crime novel focusing on attorney Joe Cleason and both his family and friends around him. There's more than a little of the late Geroge V. Higgins in McAleer's prose and dialogue, to the point that you sometimes wonder whether you're reading a book or eavesdropping in a gritty, blue-collar tavern - Jeremiah Healy

236 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2001

About the author

Andrew McAleer is the author of three mystery novels and serves as the president of Americas oldest continuing literary society, the Boston Authors Club. He teaches crime fiction at Boston College, is a member of the Private Eye Writers of America, the editor of the award-winning Crimestalker Casebook, and a recipient of the Speckled Bands Sherlock Holmes Revere Bowl Award.