I'm throwing this one out for Jerry, since he's a lawyer and
has written courtroom novels, but anyone else is welcome to
jump in. Who writes good courtroom/legal books, either in the
strictly "courtroom drama" sense or in the context of a
larger investigation? (and yeah, I already know about that
Terry Devane guy -) I very rarely will read these because so
many of them are just laughable; I am a law school grad
though with very little (OK, none) experience in a real
court. I'm not one of those people who is going to have a
conniption every time they confuse pendant and ancillary
jurisdiction, but I do look for at least a "Law & Order"
level of plausibility (as opposed to Ally McBeal. . .) And of
course good storytelling and characterization is more
important than getting the technicalities right. So, who does
these well? Are any of them really HB or does even
acknowledging the possibility of justice being done in a
court violate the principles of the genre? Thoughts?
Carrie
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