Hello, all. I'm Kim Colley, and I was on this list back
around 1997-98.
on 11/29/01 1:43 PM, Carrie Pruett at
pruettc@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> On the legal thriller front, I'm finishing up Don
Winslow's "California Fire
> and Life" which comes at the law from an unusual
angle (fire insurance
> investigation and "bad faith" suits). Though it
contains certain glaring
> improbabilities, the cross-examination scenes are
exceedingly well-done (not
> quite "My Cousin Vinny" but then what is? ; Winslow
was apparently a
> PI/insurance investigator rather than a lawyer, but
he obviously paid
> attention.
Thanks for the heads up. I used to work this area from inside
the courtroom. Although I generally eschew legal thrillers
(as well as movies and tv shows about lawyers), I might give
this one a look at the library.
-- Kim C. "Don't start tryin' to do the right thing, boy-o. You haven't the practice." - Capt. Dudley Smith
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