Long Knives Author: Visit Amazon's Charles Rosenberg Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1477817522 | Format: EPUB
Long Knives Description
From Publishers Weekly
Attorney Rosenberg puts his professional expertise to good use in this tale of academic infighting and legal intrigue, the sequel to 2011’s Death on a High Floor. Jenna James has traded a career in corporate law for a tenure-track position as a law professor at UCLA. Her assured ascent to the lofty peaks of academic job security hits a road bump when Primo Giordano, a student with an implausible story about lost treasure, dies after drinking poisoned coffee in James’s office. James becomes a suspect and must also contend with a spiteful colleague capitalizing on the death to sabotage her bid for tenure, as well as a series of suspicious accidents. Was Primo the intended victim of the poison—or was it James? She turns to an assortment of allies, from the dead boy’s ex-girlfriend to a former murder defendant, for answers. While the prose is at best serviceable, the intertwined mysteries at the book’s core neatly combine the entertainingly sordid and the believably absurd.
About the Author
Charles Rosenberg is a practicing attorney and the bestselling author of the novel Death of a High Floor and the non-fiction book The Trial of O.J.: How to Watch the Trial and Understand What’s Really Going On, which he wrote just before covering the trial as one of two on-air legal analysts for E! Entertainment Television. In addition to his books, he has consulted on numerous primetime television shows, including L.A. Law, Boston Legal, and The Practice. A graduate of Antioch College and the Harvard Law School, he has taught extensively as an adjunct professor of law both at universities throughout California and abroad. He lives with his wife in Los Angeles.
- Paperback: 502 pages
- Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (March 1, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1477817522
- ISBN-13: 978-1477817520
- Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 5.5 x 8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
The main character really grates on my nerves. She is full of herself . The author includes absolutely every thought ,observation and inner conversation she has...BORING!! I've been reading and have been waiting for something interesting to happen.
His writing is similar to this passage I made up:
Main Character:
"I drove 5.3 miles to work, found a parking spot and pulled into it. I noticed a blue car next to me. I wonder who owns the blue car. I have never seen it before. I wonder if a new faculty was hired and I didn't know about it. I got out of my car and walked to the building entrance. It was early and I was the only person there.
It's unusual for me to be up so early. I haven't even had coffee and I really need coffee. I am not an early person. Faculty and High Powered Attorneys don't have to get up early like other people. We can show up whenever we feel like it. When I get to my office I will make a pot of coffee. My coffee maker is one of those designer machines that make coffee better than Starbucks. It has a steamer and it makes really hot coffee. I bought it when I was in Italy a few years back. Customs almost wouldn't let me bring it on the airplane but I told them I was a High Powered Attorney and that did the trick.
As I walkind into my building I saw the mascot of our school and realized that meant the big game was imminent. (and on and on about every minute detail about the mascot...everything you never want or need to know) I opened the main door and walked up three flights of stairs, which I noticed had been power cleaned during the night, where my office is around a corner neslted in a private nook. I love that private nook. It reminds me of my days as a High Powered Attorney.
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