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Clean hands : a novel / Patrick Hoffman.

Hoffman, Patrick, (author.).

Summary:

"Corporate lawyer Elizabeth Carlyle is under pressure. Her prestigious New York law firm is working on a high-stakes case, defending a prominent bank that's been accused of fraud. When Elizabeth gets the news that one of her junior associates has lost his phone--and the secret documents that were on it--she needs help. Badly. Enter ex-CIA officer Valencia Walker, a high-priced fixer who gets called in when wealthy corporations, people and governments need their problems solved discreetly. But things get complicated when the missing phone is retrieved: somebody has already copied the documents, and now they're blackmailing the firm. The situation gets murkier still when stories about the documents start appearing in the press and a tragic suicide appears staged, hinting that darker forces may be churning below the surface. With billions of dollars on the line, Elizabeth and Valencia must outmanoeuvre their tormentors, all the while keeping their hands clean."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802129536 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 280 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2020.
Subject: Corporate lawyers > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Women lawyers > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Private investigators > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Women private investigators > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Bank fraud > Fiction.
Extortion > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Legal fiction (Literature)

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • Baker & Taylor
    The award-winning author of The White Van presents the story of a corporate lawyer and high-priced fixer who must retrieve a lost cell phone containing vital secret documents, before uncovering the work of an unknown murderer.
  • Baker & Taylor
    A powerful New York law firm finds itself faced with disaster, but there is one woman, reputed to be a high-priced fixer, who could make all of their problems go away.
  • Perseus Publishing
    From Patrick Hoffman, CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award finalist and critically acclaimed author of The White Van and Every Man a Menace, comes a breakout thriller about a powerful law firm on the brink of disaster, and the woman charged with making all their problems go away
  • Perseus Publishing
    Corporate lawyer Elizabeth Carlyle is under a lot of pressure. Her prestigious New York law firm is working on the most high-stakes case in company history, defending a prominent bank. When Elizabeth gets the news that one of her junior associates has lost his phone—and the secret documents that were on it—she needs help. Badly.

    Enter ex-CIA officer Valencia Walker, a high-priced fixer who gets called in when governments, corporations, and plutocrats need their problems solved discretely. But things get complicated when the missing phone is retrieved: somebody has already copied the documents, and now they’re blackmailing the firm. The situation gets murkier still when stories about the documents start appearing in the press and a tragic suicide seems staged, hinting that darker forces may be churning below the surface. With billions of dollars on the line, Elizabeth and Valencia must maneuver and outmaneuver whomever is behind this, and, most importantly, keep their hands clean.

    This is a world of private security, private diplomacy, and private justice. A sharply drawn cast of characters—dirty lawyers, black-market traders, Russian criminals, and extra-judicial actors, all take part in this breakneck tour through New York. Authentic, tense, and impossible to put down, Clean Hands gives a vivid look at the connections between corporations, government, and the underworld.


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