Witness for the Defense

by Michael C. Eberhardt and Alex Brown

Book Overview

After a lifetime devoted to the law, a San Francisco attorney's life is torn apart when he is accused of coercing testimony from witnesses. His only hope is a beautiful lawyer whose ex-judge father holds a grudge against him. But for her help, he must agree to represent her father's handyman who stands accused of kidnapping. He takes the case reluctantly with the hope of salvaging his dwindling reputation, but knows it will take a miracle to win...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451192222
• ISBN13: 9780451192226
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Coolest Novel

This was the first novel that I ever read in my life and I thought this was the best one, I have tryed to read others but they just don't have the same impact as this one. If any one thinks about reading this novel, DO IT. It will be the best you ever read....

exquisite

Exquisitely, brilliantly written. I would prefer Eberhardt to Grisham. Eberhardt starts the novel with two incidents. they get inextricably intertwined with each other. I wish I could write just this well. But one thing, Obviously passion didn't give birth to this book. This one is more like a Hollywood action block-buster.

Very good

A fast-paced, easy read, this is a very good legal thriller. It's certainly better than the wooden prose of Mr. Grisham.

Big E sits on the court with the best legal thriller writers

For almost a decade, public defender Hunter Dobbs has worked in the San Francisco legal system. However, today going about his job is a bit difficult because his divorce was just finalized yesterday. Even as he knows he must focus on the Martinez murder case, Hunter continues to dwell on what went wrong in his relationship with his former spouse, Marlene. The day gets worse when Hunter struggles with a slightly tipsy judge and dealing with Bobby Miles, a so-called witness willing to lie under oath. However, his day turns worse when the dedicated attorney is accused of suborning perjury. Bobby claims that Hunter tried to coerce him into lying in court. The California Bar is looking into the charges. A peer Sarah Harris offers to represent him with the bar if he will defend a friend accused of kidnapping. He accepts her offer, but neither one expected to be involved in a murder that will require their intercession to insure that a second killing does not occur. Michael C. Eberhardt clearly sits on the highest bench of legal thrillers with peers such as Turow, Patterson, and Grisham. His novels are always personal and thrilling. Mr. Eberhardt's latest book, WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE, needs no defense as the awesome author of such classy tales as BODY OF A CRIME and AGAINST THE LAW has provided a great story. The gut attack on Hunter's belief system is brilliantly developed, making all the characters and their motives seem so real. There is no appeal for any sub-genre fan who has failed to read Mr. Eberhardt from being sentenced to a lifetime of solitary confinement on the Rock.Harriet Klausner