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The Jailhouse Lawyer - Large Print by  James Patterson & Nancy Allen (Paperback) - 1 of 1

The Jailhouse Lawyer - Large Print by James Patterson & Nancy Allen (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • From the world's #1 bestselling author, young lawyer Martha Foster takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown--and ends up in jail herself.
  • About the Author: James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time and the creator of such unforgettable characters and series as Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride.
  • 800 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Thrillers

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About the Book



In a picture-perfect town, why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets. A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown, and ends up in jail herself.



Book Synopsis



From the world's #1 bestselling author, young lawyer Martha Foster takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown--and ends up in jail herself.

In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, young lawyer Martha Foster takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown--and ends up in jail herself. Sometimes the best education an attorney can get is a short stretch of hard time.

"Fast-paced, intriguing, and often politically charged." -PopSugar
"A page-turning legal thriller that exposes a headline-making crisis in the American courts: the new debtors' prisons." ―Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Tony Messenger



Review Quotes




"I couldn't put down The Jailhouse Lawyer, a page-turning legal thriller that exposes a headline-making crisis in the American courts: the new debtors' prisons, where an inability to pay court costs sentences poor people to jail, with devastating consequences." --Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Tony Messenger, author of Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice



About the Author



James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time and the creator of such unforgettable characters and series as Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, and Michael Crichton, as well as collaborated on #1 bestselling nonfiction, including The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots, and Filthy Rich. Patterson has told the story of his own life in the #1 bestselling autobiography James Patterson by James Patterson. He is the recipient of an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.

Nancy Allen practiced law for fifteen years in her native Ozarks and served as a law instructor at Missouri State University for sixteen years. She is also the author of the Ozarks Mystery series.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.27 Inches (H) x 6.05 Inches (W) x 2.19 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.79 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 800
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Thrillers
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Theme: Legal
Format: Paperback
Author: James Patterson & Nancy Allen
Language: English
Street Date: September 20, 2021
TCIN: 82797523
UPC: 9780316294379
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-8513
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 2.19 inches length x 6.05 inches width x 9.27 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.79 pounds
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