Anyone who’s had a shower and hasn’t ingested illegal narcotics within a couple of days stands out on a bench in the courthouse.
ALAFAIR BURKEAnyone who’s had a shower and hasn’t ingested illegal narcotics within a couple of days stands out on a bench in the courthouse.
ALAFAIR BURKEAll lying – you may think a lie is harmless, but you put them all together and there’s a calamity.
ALAFAIR BURKEThe best crime novels are all based on people keeping secrets.
ALAFAIR BURKEApathy is grossly undervalued and never there for me when I need it.
ALAFAIR BURKEApparently, an undocumented side effect of dope is a gross overestimation of one’s own intelligence.
ALAFAIR BURKENo Time For Goodbye is a deliciously smart thriller, full of surprises and perfect pacing. I’m jealous I didn’t write it.
ALAFAIR BURKEPolitical thriller? International thriller? Financial thriller? Whatever you call it, The Ascendant is smart, edgy, fast-paced storytelling at its best.
ALAFAIR BURKEIn our system, we leave questions of fact to a jury. But to render a verdict, a jury must know the law. For this, we rely upon jury instructions.
ALAFAIR BURKEThe Ascendant is smart, edgy, fast-paced storytelling at its best.
ALAFAIR BURKEDrew Chapman is a debut novelist to watch.
ALAFAIR BURKEDopers become convinced they’ve hidden their stash so well a cop won’t find it. They’re always wrong.
ALAFAIR BURKEAccording to FBI statistics for 2008, only 22 percent of murder victims were killed by strangers.
ALAFAIR BURKEThey were asked to listen to the facts and apply the law to the best of their ability in a case the world was watching.
ALAFAIR BURKEIts unlikely hero, Garrett Reilly, reminded me of a young Jack Reacher as a tech-savvy bond analyst.
ALAFAIR BURKENothing worse than reading a love scene written by your father.
ALAFAIR BURKEBefore we condemn the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman, we should remember that they were asked to do something extraordinary.
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