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Crime of privilege : a novel / Walter Walker.
Pitted against a powerful family when he reopens the scandalous case of a young woman's unsolved murder, George Becket is forced to confront a haunting mistake from his own past while outmaneuvering wealth-driven corruption.
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- ISBN: 9780345541536 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 413 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
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| Subject: | Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Upper class > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Legal stories. Suspense fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | FIC Walke | 31681002679603 | FICTION | Available | - |
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Pitted against a powerful family when he reopens the scandalous case of a young woman's unsolved murder, George Becket, the assistant to the Cape & Islands District Attorney, is forced to confront a haunting mistake from his own past while outmaneuvering wealth-driven corruption. - Baker & Taylor
Pitted against a powerful family when he reopens the scandalous case of a young woman's unsolved murder, George Becket is forced to confront a haunting mistake from his own past while outmaneuvering wealth-driven corruption. - Random House, Inc.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SACRAMENTO BEE
In the tradition of Scott Turow, William Landay, and Nelson DeMille, Crime of Privilege is a stunning thriller about power, corruption, and the law in Americaâand the dangerous ways they come together.
A murder on Cape Cod. A rape in Palm Beach.
All they have in common is the presence of one of Americaâs most beloved and influential families. But nobody is asking questions. Not the police. Not the prosecutors. And certainly not George Becket, a young lawyer toiling away in the basement of the Cape & Islands district attorneyâs office. George has always lived at the edge of power. He wasnât born to privilege, but he understands how it works and has benefitted from it in ways he doesnât like to admit. Now, an investigation brings him deep inside the world of the truly wealthyâand shows him what a perilous place it is.
Years have passed since a young woman was found brutally slain at an exclusive Cape Cod golf club, and no one has ever been charged. Cornered by the victimâs father, George canât explain why certain leads were never exploredâleads that point in the direction of a single familyâand he agrees to look into it.
What begins as a search through the highly stratified layers of Cape Cod society, soon has George racing from Idaho to Hawaii, Costa Rica to France to New York City. But everywhere he goes he discovers people like himself: people with more secrets than answers, people haunted by a decision years past to trade silence for protection from lifeâs sharp edges. George finds his friends are not necessarily still friends and a spouse can be unfaithful in more ways than one. And despite threats at every turn, he is driven to reconstruct the victimâs last hours while searching not only for a killer but for his own redemption.
Praise for Crime of Privilege
âTwisting, engrossing, irresistible.ââWilliam Landay, author of Defending Jacob
âStunning . . . an outstanding crime story.ââLibrary Journal (starred review)
âA terrifically entertaining race of a read . . . jam-packed with intelligence, insight, morality and heart. Top-notch and highly recommended!ââJohn Lescroart
âA gripping thriller . . . an unsettling, multilayered look at the insidious symbiosis between power and corruption.ââMacleanâs
âA legal thriller and a murder mystery cloaked in pure enjoyment . . . The authorâs wit, dry and cutting, is razor-sharp.ââBookreporter
âAn engaging, very well-paced novel . . . exciting and unpredictable.ââExaminer.com
