
Neon Dragon
A Knight and Devlin Thriller
John F. Dobbyn(Author)
Oceanview Publishing
Published on 8. March 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-933515-93-9 (ISBN)
Description
Amid the flash and din of Boston's Chinese New Year's celebration, a man is murdered In Boston's Chinatown, an elderly man is shot while watching the Chinese New Year's parade from his window. Anthony Bradley, the son of an African American judge, is standing across the street at the time, and is immediately arrested for the crime. Michael Knight, a young lawyer who's going places, is surprised when Judge Bradley asks him to defend his son in such a high-profile and politically delicate case. Luckily, Knight finds powerful support from Lex Devlin, a senior partner at his firm. Once the foremost criminal defense attorney in Boston, Devlin has mysteriously withdrawn from defense work in recent years. As Knight and Devlin investigate and prepare their client's defense, Knight is forced to confront the murky allegations that eclipsed his mentor's career and to enter into the shadow of gangland Chinatown. From the halls of Harvard to the streets of Chinatown, Knight doggedly pursues an investigation that involves drugs, prostitution, human trafficking, and a corruption scandal that could bring down the most powerful people in Boston. Perfect for fans of Dennis Lehane and Alafair Burke While all of the novels in the Knight and Devlin Thriller Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is: Neon Dragon
Frame-Up
Black Diamond
Deadly Diamonds
Fatal Odds
High Stakes
Frame-Up
Black Diamond
Deadly Diamonds
Fatal Odds
High Stakes
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Ipswich, MA
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-933515-93-9 (9781933515939)
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John F. Dobbyn is a professor of law at Villanova Law School. He is a frequent contributor to Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and he is the author of five legal thrillers featuring Michael Knight and Lex Devlin.
Dobbyn is a Boston native and now resides in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, with his wife Lois.