Represent

by Robert Reuland

Acclaimed crime novelist Robert Reuland returns to form with the third in his Brooklyn series featuring wise-cracking ex-prosecutor Andrew Giobberti. With wit, humanity, and an unflinching eye set on a world most of us never see, Reuland proves once again he is the inheritor of Chandler's mantle in our century. "Rob Reuland writes beautifully-about sadness and cities and injured dreams . . . he has renewed my faith in the health and future of the urban crime novel." - Dennis Lehane Reuland's elegant, hard-edged, and often funny writing inspired one critic to name him the "bastard child of Raymond Chandler and Ernest Hemingway." Himself a real-life criminal attorney and former Brooklyn DA, Reuland brings to Represent a verisimilitude unique in crime fiction. All of this talent is on vivid display in Represent, which puts Giobberti in the uncomfortable position of defending a man he jailed for murder five years earlier. Having quit the DA's Office, Giobberti finds himself missing the rough-and-tumble world of criminal law when he finds a way to return-through the back door. "Lord Urbane" is a rap star known to the whole world, but to Giobberti he is just Frank Comberbatch, a young thug he put in jail while serving as chief of the Brooklyn Homicide Bureau. Freed on appeal, Comberbatch catches a new murder rap and desperately needs Giobberti's help. A beautiful woman shows up on Giobberti's doorstep with a big check as a convincer. Despite the ringing alarms, Giobberti takes the case, which pits him against his former colleagues in what quickly becomes a chase for the truth against a white-hot backdrop of fame, power, wealth, and sex. Alone, out in the cold, Giobberti soon finds he can trust no one-or himself-to do the right thing.

282 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2011

About the author

"Rob Reuland writes beautifully—about sadness and cities and injured dreams. He has renewed my faith in the health and future of the urban crime novel." —Dennis Lehane

I am ROBERT REULAND, an American novelist and criminal trial attorney.

I’ve spent more than twenty-five years working in the criminal justice system in Brooklyn, New York, first as an Assistant District Attorney in the homicide bureau. After publication of my first novel HOLLOWPOINT, I was fired by the DA. Now I defend persons accused of murder and other violent crimes. I also work to free persons wrongfully convicted by police and prosecutorial misconduct. I’ve investigated, prosecuted, and defended thousands of alleged felonies and have tried nearly one hundred cases to verdict before a jury.

After publication of my second novel SEMIAUTOMATIC, I took a break from writing to raise my kids and build my legal practice. BROOKLYN SUPREME is my third book. All of my books are set in my working life, and I try to present that world accurately. Because I write "true stories that never happened," I appreciate the novels of Tana French, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos, and others who write about crime without ever losing sight of the men and women affected by it.

My books have been translated into many languages and HOLLOWPOINT was to be made into a movie by Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella prior to their unfortunate, early deaths.

I have law degrees from Cambridge University and at the Vanderbilt University School of Law. I now divide my time between New York City and New Hampshire.

Drop me a line if you wish: rob@robreuland.com