Margolin, Phillip. Proof positive.MARGOLIN, Phillip. Proof positive. Read by Nanette Savard. 8 cds. 9.5 hrs. BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Audiobooks America. 2006. 0-7927-4051-3. $79.95. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. SA Margolin practiced criminal defense law. His legal, procedural, and evidentiary details all have the ring of veracity veracity (v  ras´itē),n . Additionally, he can pull more than a few unusual goodies from his professional grab bag grab bag n. 1. A container filled with articles, such as party gifts, to be drawn unseen. 2. Slang A miscellaneous collection: The meeting evolved into a grab bag of petty complaints. and mix them together into a thoroughly entertaining novel. This one is a "cop gone bad" procedural with a twist: Bernie Cash man is not a law enforcement officer but a highly respected Oregon police crime scene investigator and forensics See computer forensics. expert who secretly falsifies evidence whenever he deems it morally appropriate to make a weak case airtight. There are several subplots, each of which contains fascinating examples and effects of Cashman's unauthorized handiwork. In the main one, defense attorney Amanda Jaffe, who has featured in two other Margolin legal thrillers, works on a death penalty case, her psychotic, homeless client standing accused of a brutal rape and murder. In another, Amanda's father Frank defends a drug czar's enforcer charged with a turf-war killing. Elsewhere, Cashman himself must turn to murder to avoid detection. The stories all dovetail dovetail (dov´tāl), n a widened or fanned-out portion of a prepared cavity, usually established deliberately to increase the retention and resistance form. neatly into a particularly satisfying conclusion. Savard differentiates her characters capably and her pacing is expert from start to finish. Francine Levitov, Attorney, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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