Dead Lawyers
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A serial killer, using the Greek god Hermes as his alter ego, murders criminal defense lawyers. Who’s the killer? What’s driving him? How does he make murders look like accidents or suicides? Rush Jones, criminal prosecutor, unwillingly becomes the murderer’s confidant. The killer telephones him and sends letters with ancient Greek quotations. As Rush investigates the deaths, he attempts to reunite with his former love, criminal defense attorney Ann Cavanaugh, the killer’s probable next victim. Ann and Rush are opposing counsel in a criminal case unrelated to the serial killer, who changes his MO and commits a brutal murder. Not wanting to be prey for the rest of her life, Ann, a triathlete, purposely disappears, putting her life at risk. Rush discovers the killer’s identity, but will Rush be too late to save his former love? Dead Lawyers involves the criminal justice system in a way never before portrayed in a novel. Rush, the defense attorneys, and the killer, are all fully human, displaying compassion, commitment, anger, fear, perseverance, fortitude and love, as they follow their convictions.
About the Author
Nick Novick was born and reared in eastern Pennsylvania. He holds an undergraduate degree from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Duke University. For eighteen years he was a felony prosecutor in the Orange County District attorney’s Office, California. He served as a faculty advisor to the National District Attorney’s College at Houston University and traveled nationwide on behalf of the National District Attorneys’ Association, training prosecutors and related personnel. Prior to his prosecution experience, Nick was an executive in international freight forwarding and traveled much of the world. He and his family lived in Paris, France, for a number of years. He resides with his wife, Lila, in Irvine, California. They have two daughters, Lisa and Adrienne. He is currently completing two additional manuscripts: A Sense of Justice, a crime novel, and Seasons of My Youth, a non-fiction of growing up in a multi-national immigrant community of coal miners.