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Above the Law

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by Tim Green
Bernadette Dunne
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Tim Green returns to Casey Jordan, the heroine of his bestseller The Letter of the Law. Now, years later, Casey has left her high-powered practice and opened a legal aid clinic. When an illegal Mexican immigrant is shot to death on a ranch outside Dallas, it makes the news, not because of the immigrant but because of the shooter, rising political star Senator Chase. The death appears to be a hunting accident, and the well-loved senator spins the disaster artfully with his tearful press conference. But then the wife of the victim steps forward with another tale–and evidence of a cover-up of epic proportions. Casey approaches the district attorney’s office hoping he will prosecute, only to discover that no one wants to tangle with the senator, a powerful man on track for a presidential nomination.
Clever and ambitious, Casey isn’t afraid to stick her neck out even when it’s an unpopular move. But when she goes after the senator herself, suddenly everyone she is close to is a target for a man who seems to be above the law...

  • Creators

  • Series

    Casey Jordan

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 24, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415962084
      • File size: 243265 KB
      • Duration: 08:26:48

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      When an illegal Mexican immigrant is shot by a Texas senator, his body cremated, and his wife hastily deported--attorney Casey Jordan must discover why. In doing so, she must fight local police, bureaucrats, and the senator and his minions. Bernadette Dunne's performance is masterful as she smoothly slips from character to character. Her portrayal of Jordan is particularly noteworthy--the listeners hangs on her every word and action. Dunne also captures the various Mexicans and the novel's minor characters as she gives the book a memorable personality. Her accents are realistic, and the tones she uses to highlight events add to the strength of the story, and its powerful conclusion. D.J.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 3, 2008
      Last seen in bestseller Green's The Letter of the Law
      (2000), feisty Dallas lawyer Casey Jordan must contend with illegal immigrants, abuse of power and pure unadulterated evil in this rousing legal thriller. When a U.S. senator from Texas known only as Chase, the kind of guy who frequents coke whores and kills puppies, suspects one of his undocumented workers, Elijandro “Ellie” Torres, of messing with his wife, Chase shoots Ellie and fakes the death as a hunting accident. Casey, who practices law out of an abandoned gas station, takes on the case of Ellie's widow, Isadora, and baby, Paquita, who are taken into custody by immigration officials and then deported. Casey's hunky love interest, PI Jose O'Brien, aids her in the ever-broadening investigation. Most of the characters are pretty much off-the-shelf, but Green throws in enough unexpected twists to distract readers from the plot's overly familiar aspects. Fans of Green's 12 previous novels will be perfectly satisfied.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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