Book description
A. Scott Fenney is a hotshot corporate lawyer at a big Dallas firm. At
33, in the prime of his life, he rakes in 0,000 a year, drives a Ferrari
and comes home every night to a mansion in Dallas's most exclusive
neighbourhood. He also comes home to one of Dallas's most beautiful
women, with whom he has a much-loved daughter, Boo. For Fenney, life
could not be better. But when a senator's son is killed in a
hit-and-run, Fenney is asked by the state judge to put his
air-conditioned lifestyle on hold to defend the accused: a black,
heroin-addicted prostitute - a very different client to the people
Fenney usually represents. And, more importantly, she is not going be
paying Ford Stevens 0 an hour for the privilege of his services. Under
fire from all sides, Fenney drafts in a public defender to take the case
on. Yet as Scott prepares to hand over to Bobby, he feels increasingly
guilty about the path he is taking, because Scott still believes in the
principle of justice. The question is: does he believe in it strongly
enough to jeopardise everything in his life he holds dear? And to what
lengths is the dead man's power-hungry father prepared to go to test
Fenney's resolve? ** 'A good story, which Gimenez tells with passion
and conviction' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ** 'A readable story with a central
character who's extremely interesting. We'll be back with A. Scott
Finney in the future.' EVENING HERALD ** 'You will lose an entire lazy
Sunday to this one.' TIME OUT ** 'I read it at one sitting... Gimenez
has created a complex and believable character who carries a story that
still intrigues' OBSERVER Born and educated in Texas, Mark Gimenez
attended law school at Notre Dame, Indiana and practised with a large
Dallas law firm. He is married with two sons.
