Sir Michael Caine knows a thing or two about gangs: whether that’s joining one as a kid, or playing them in movies for over 50 years. But these two novels are very good reads, matching the finesse of John Grisham – a legend in this genre – word for word. The best part about this book is that it contains two novels – The Jailhouse Lawyer and Power of Attorney within one cover! In each episode you'll follow one person's journey, getting to listen in on their coaching sessions with Selina and following them as she sends them off on a task to try out a new career idea. She’s tried over thirty jury cases, including murder and sexual offenses, and is now a law instructor at Missouri State University.

With a strong narrative in both pieces, Patterson and Allen capture the legal themes well and keep the reader hooked until they discover the crux of the story’s argument. Q: I’d like you to share your perspective with the readers who might want to attack their own cases, but are reluctant for one of two reasons: either they have no confidence, or they are afraid to allow anybody to help them because they might be vulnerable to informants showing up on their case. Now, she’s forced to stand her ground, which may mean upsetting the scales of justice and landing her in some hot water.I WASN’T PRESENT at the courthouse in Erva, Alabama, on that morning in June, when events unfolded that would suck me into the undertow of Douglas County. The most common reason that restrictions are added is that prisoners have started to provide more formal legal advice. He set the frame faceup against the wall, then walked a narrow hallway where a closed door bore a plastic nameplate, designating it as the office of Robert Ford, public defender. On impulse, I dodged into the yard and broke a bloom off the tree to place it in a bowl of water in the house.

The rental house was a vintage Craftsman bungalow with brown- brick piers, peeking from behind a huge magnolia tree in glorious bloom. He selected an iced long john and took a bite as he reclined in the dead attorney’s chair and lifted his feet to the desktop.Nancy Allen brings a strong legal background to these stories, which are vastly different, yet both well balanced.

Now imagine a criminal legal system where prosecutors, defense counsel, and even judges are held accountable for not seeing evenhanded justice done. She turned and whispered to the bailiff, who stood beside the door to the chambers of Judge Wyatt Pickens. Jay is bailed out by Martha but her dogged persistence goes against Judge Pickens’ liking and she herself is jailed! She sent her friend a wink and gave a little laugh, revealing teeth that were a startling shade of ultra-white. The informant, or jailhouse snitch, is there for that purpose: to jump on people’s cases, whether we confess or not.I was a thirty-one-year-old single mother to a young son with a heart condition, and we’d already had a tough year. Without hesitation, I recommend this two-novel collection to all readers of good fiction, this is something you are not going to regret! Using the underdog technique, both stories tap into the darker side of the law and how the ‘little guy/girl’ can sometimes be left to suffer because they are a single voice. I have not read it yet so I appreciate the way you have written this—enough to whet the appetite, but careful not to spoil the ending. And according to the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa - the world's longest-living people - finding it is the key to a longer and more fulfilled life.

The taverna is the only place that Kostas and Defne can meet in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic and chilli peppers, creeping honeysuckle, and in the centre, growing through a cavity in the roof, a fig tree. As I was working on my collection of short stories, “One Day in the Life of a Jailhouse Lawyer,” I got a notification that James Patterson, along with Nancy Allen, had released a novel, The Jailhouse Lawyer.She “was arrested at a civil rights protest in Selma for getting mouthy with a cop, and was held overnight in the local jail. Though I speak from the perspective of an ardent admirer of James Patterson, I simply cannot recommend The Jailhouse Lawyer enough. Listen in as she takes six different people on a career change journey to help them figure out what work they would really love to do and create a plan of how to make that career change happen.