Blood Relations
Published on 20. August 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
340 pages
978-0-578-61223-2 (ISBN)
Description
A young New Orleans lawyer discovers that his father is having an affair with a beautiful attorney in their firm. To save his parents' marriage, he determines to seduce her away. When she is murdered, he must defend his father at trial. A masterfully written and complex legal thriller with a bombshell surprise ending:
On a steamy late night in New Orleans, young criminal attorney Kyle Cameron stands in the bedroom of the lovely Laura Niles, only his second time there. He stares at her dead body, then hurries to wipe off his fingerprints.
The next morning the firm lawyers pick up Kyle for their annual retreat and drive to Laura's house, where he knows that her body will be discovered and that he must feign surprise. Kyle's father, Jake, won't meet his son's eyes.
As the police ready themselves to interrogate them, Jake clamps his hand hard on his son's shoulder.
"Everything was business, understand?"
Kyle, unable to form words, can only nod.
"I'm your lawyer, got it? And you're mine."
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-578-61223-2 (9780578612232)
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Edward Cohen, a native of Jackson, Mississippi, was a writer/producer/director for Mississippi ETV ("The Islander" about Walter Anderson, and other PBS documentaries) and later an attorney for the Wise-Carter firm. His first book, "The Peddler's Grandson, Growing up Jewish in Mississippi," was published initially by University Press of Mississippi and later by Bantam. It won the MLA and MIAL Awards for non-fiction. Edward and his wife Kathy left Mississippi in 1995 to go to Los Angeles, Calif., to write screenplays. "Blood Relations" debuted as a screenplay, and the vice president of Bruckheimer Films tried to convince Disney to produce it. The couple began teaching English as a Second Language to Latino adults and adapted to their culture, language and music. The Cohens left L.A. in 2009 to move to Ecuador.