The Street Lawyer
A gripping crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of mystery and suspense
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Narrated by:
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Michael Beck
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By:
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John Grisham
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Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D. C. firm with 800 lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was three years away. He was a rising star, with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers, no time to walk around them on the sidewalk. No time for a conscience. But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was this homeless man? Michael did some digging and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who'd been in and out of shelters for twenty years. Then Michael dug a little deeper, and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney. The fast track derailed; the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted from the firm, and took a top secret file with him. He landed in the streets, a poverty lawyer, a street lawyer, an advocate for the homeless. And a thief.
© John Grisham 1998 (P) Penguin Audio 2005
Michael Beck is fantastic as ever, although he exagerates the tear-squeezing voice when talking about the sadness of homelessness.
The worst though was the music suddenly appearing at ’emotional’ or ’suspenseful’ moments. Completely distracting. I laughed out loud a few times. Classical kitchy string music when relationships were talked about… bad horror film sounds when ’bad’ things happened. Cant believe who would think that enhances the story telling.
Grisham ’light’.
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