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    The Colour of Law

    Written by Mark Gimenez

    Narrated by Pete Bradbury

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    A. Scott Fenney is a hotshot corporate lawyer. In the prime of his life, he rakes in $750,000 a year, drives a Ferrari and conies home every night to a mansion in Dallas's most exclusive neighbourhood. He also comes home to one of Dallas's most beautiful women, with whom he has a much-loved daughter, Boo. For Fenney, life could not be better. But when a senator's son is killed in a hit-and-run, Fenney is asked by the state judge to put his air-conditioned lifestyle on hold to defend the accused: a black, heroin-addicted prostitute - a very different client to the people Fenney usually represents...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd Audio
    Release dateApr 1, 2008
    ISBN9781407450537
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    The Colour of Law
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    Mark Gimenez

    Mark Gimenez grew up in Galveston County, Texas. Once a partner at a major Dallas firm, Gimenez gave it up in order to start his own practice and to write. He lives outside Fort Worth with his wife and two sons.

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    • 3/5
      Reminiscent of Grisham for me. I see others say it reminded them of Perry Mason, but I've only read a couple Perry Mason books. I guess the ending where the PI comes up with the evidence reminds me a bit of the most recent Perry Mason book I read. There are also many references to Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird".WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILERS (READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION):***A. Scott Fenney is a lawyer living the high life. He's got a house in an exclusive neighborhood, 2 expensive cars (one for him and one for his wife), a partnership in the law firm where he works, can go to the dining club or the fitness center or the country club at a whim. He's married (though they don't seem happily married), has a daughter whom he loves. He wants to be the next bar association president--but something he says in that pitch causes a Federal judge to appoint him as counsel to Shawanda Jones, an African-American woman accused of killing the son of a senator.(Note: For some reason, his daughter calls him "A. Scott" instead of dad, daddy, papa, etc.--and it's never explained why. She seems closer to her father than her mother, yet she doesn't call her mother by her first name.)Rebecca, the wife, seems more enamored of what Scott's money brings her than she does of her husband or daughter. Her big ambition is to be head of the Cattleman's Ball. She doesn't appear to have ever wanted a child and is content to leave her daughter in the hands of their illegal Mexican maid, Consuela. Unfortunately, Scott's boss, Dan, has designs on being the President's lawyer and Scott's involvement in the trial could jeopardize that. Yet, they can't afford to antagonize the judge who appointed Scott in the first place. The first hope is that Shawanda will make a plea deal, but Shawanda doesn't cooperate with that. Dan comes up with farming out the grunt work to another lawyer so that Scott can continue to bill his clients--what they'd pay the other lawyer would be only a small part of what Scott brings in. Enter Scott's college friend, Bobby.Unfortunately, Shawanda is impressed by Scott's rich-looking suit over Bobby's off the rack clothes and refuses to let Scott bow out of her trial. Bobby does most of the work, however--at least until the end of the book.Shawanda has a daughter--Scott ends up taking her to his home to get her out of the unsafe neighborhood in which she lives. This upsets his wife's "perfect life" view. Scott has to make a choice: do what's right or do what you need to keep your comfortable life. He's made promises to his daughter--I guess he thought he was too above everything to have "it" happen to him? The promises weren't always ones he could know he would keep (like not losing his job and having to move out of their house). But the other side had choices too. They chose to try to intimidate Scott--first by having his illegal maid taken by INS, next by revoking his memberships, then by getting banks to call in his loans, then by getting his biggest client and his boss to fire him. At first that fires up the former-sports-competitor in Scott, but eventually, he comes to see that he needs to represent Shawanda because it is the right thing to do, not because he wants to get back at someone else.
    • 5/5
      Better than Grisham
    • 4/5
      Quite Good!
    • 5/5
      Lives in Bedford, comes to FW, very nice man - uses CDT
    • 4/5
      This was a book "recommended" to me by the Kindle store, because I like legal thrillers. What a find!! I really enjoyed the story, the writing, the main character....really enjoyed it!! As others have said, this is like early John Grisham-ish type story, although I actually prefer it to many of Grisham's later works. This character appears in one later book, but Gimenez generally writes one protagonist at a time. He's more popular in England and South Africa, and I'm not sure why. I've now read all his novels and can't wait for more. Highly recommend to those who love legal thrillers.
    • 4/5
      This is this author's first novel and I just love his books. A bit like an early John Grisham - this book is another unputdownable book and a page-turner. A legal thriller but so readable.Back Cover Blurb:A. Scott Fenney is a Dallas corporate lawyer in the prime of his life. Raking in $750,000 a year, with a beautiful house, a beautiful wife and an adored daughter. Life could not be better. But when a rich senator's son dies in mysterious circumstances, Fenney is asked by the federal judge to put his air-conditioned lifestyle on hold to defend the accused: a black, heroin-addicted prostitute.Scott believes in justice - but is his belief strong enough to withstand the loss of everything he holds dear - his salary, his lifestyle, his wife, his child?
    • 5/5
      Excellent debut novel! Flows easily and holds reader's interest to end
    • 3/5
      This is a first novel by a lawyer cynically setting up the franchise on a character he expects to run and run. It is novel-writing by numbers, with more than the expectation that film rights will follow. Does that sound bad?Actually I enjoyed it a lot. As a lawyer Gimenez feels compelled to explain more about the law than is strictly necessary for the reader (and I expect that was much more of that before the editors go to work). The central characters are types rather than rounded human beings. The plot is full of holes. Who cares? It's an excuse for Gimenez to write a satire about Texas politics, greed, rapaciousness, racism, hypocrisy and lots else besides. It's essentially a Western set in Dallas. The man in the black hat becomes, reluctantly, the man in the white hat, teams up with his old buddy, and rides into the sunset until the next installment.If the subsequent novels are simply cranked out on a production line, like a number of other crime novellists I could mention, Gimenez will sink from view. But if there's enough satire and spice to tease the reader, he could last the course.
    • 5/5
      An awesome read with tear jerking moments as good overcomes evil. Thank you Mark Gimenez.
    • 3/5
      Pretty good,snappy narrative sections, but also bit clichéd. I will read his other books.