The Letter of the Law

by Tim Green

Book Overview

When Donald Sales' 22-year-old daughter is murdered while at law school, in a fit of rage he accuses his daughter's professor, Eric Lipton, of killing her. Lipton hires Casey Jordan as his attorney... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446522996
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Can Justice Be Served?

This is my first Tim Green book and I was delighted. After putting off reading this book for months, I have to kick myself for not reading it sooner. The book is about a lawyer named Casey who is asked to represent her law professor. He is accused of killing a student by cutting her up and removing her gall bladder. Pretty disgusting. The whole premise of the book is how Casey manages to get the professor acquitted to then find out that he may have done it. In order to free the professor, she had to attack the character of the dead girl's father on the stand. In freeing her professor, Casey is now stuck between a serial killer and the dead girls father's hatred.What makes this book unique is that Casey is not that likable for heroine. She is shown as being very materialistic and doing whatever she can to win a case. However that all changes when she sets a killer free and she starts questioning where she went wrong. Good book and Tim Green does a great job of laying out the plot.

Suprisingly good

I was skeptical when I started reading this book. I bought it only because I went to a lecture the author gave. I was intrigued by his background so I purchased the book. Bored, I began reading it on a Saturday morning -- I could not put it down. I loved it. Fast paced and interesting.

Thrilling

This book will keep you on the edge of your seat. You'll definetly lose sleep over this one Because you won't put it down!!!

Great Ride!

Unlike his previous novels that are set in the NFL arena, Tim Green takes you into the inter workings of the legal system. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat for the entire ride.Eric Lipton a famous law professor is accused of a bizarre murder, the evidence is stacked against him. Enter Casey Jordan, his former student whose beauty is only surpassed by her brains. Lipton picks Casey to defend him knowing that she has the ability to create reasonable doubt in the minds of the twelve jurors selected to judge him. Casey takes the case thinking is will launch her into the national spotlight and give her the recognition she desires. She gets more than she bargined for, not only is she fighting for justice, she is fighting for her life.The roller coaster ride begins and you are left trying to figure out who the guilty and innocent are. This is an non-stop thriller that is the best work from the author to date. Loved the book, couldn't put it down.

A thriilling chiller

In Austin, the police have a witness who swears seeing law professor Eric Lipton running from the murder-mutilation of law student Marcia Sales. Eric hires a former student Casey Jordan to defend him. Believing in the innocence of her former mentor, Casey pulls out all the stops to prove a shadow of doubt, turning the spotlight on the victim's violent father Donald as the possible killer. As the chief juror reads the verdict, the pompous Eric informs his attorney that he in deed did the crime.Stunned by Eric's confession just as he is acquitted, a distraught Casey is abducted by an irate Donald. He plans to teach the lawyer first hand what happened to his daughter before she was killed. Already convinced her former instructor is a psychopathic serial killer, Casey joins with Donald to try to bring down Eric before someone else dies.Tim Green known for his NFL days and his sports mysteries turns to a serial killer legal thriller with his current novel, THE LETTER OF THE LAW. The story line is filled with raw action that never eases up until the final page. However, the characters and their motives never fully develop and some of their actions require leaps across the Grand Canyon. Mr. Green shows the energy of a blitzing linebacker targeting the hit, but the quarterback suffers a concussion before the game is over. This tale filled with action and excitement is for those readers who enjoy hard hitting from the blind side.Harriet Klausner