Political thriller? International thriller? Financial thriller? Whatever you call it, The Ascendant is smart, edgy, fast-paced storytelling at its best.
ALAFAIR BURKEPolitical thriller? International thriller? Financial thriller? Whatever you call it, The Ascendant is smart, edgy, fast-paced storytelling at its best.
ALAFAIR BURKENothing worse than reading a love scene written by your father.
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 BURKEApathy is grossly undervalued and never there for me when I need it.
ALAFAIR BURKEPlaying well with others isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
ALAFAIR BURKEDrew Chapman is a debut novelist to watch.
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 BURKEInstructions are supposed to translate the law into lay terms that the jury can apply to the facts as they determine them.
ALAFAIR BURKENearly half of all murders were committed by friends, neighbors, and casual acquaintances.
ALAFAIR BURKEBefore we condemn the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman, we should remember that they were asked to do something extraordinary.
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 BURKEIts unlikely hero, Garrett Reilly, reminded me of a young Jack Reacher as a tech-savvy bond analyst.
ALAFAIR BURKEThe best crime novels are all based on people keeping secrets.
ALAFAIR BURKEMore than 30 percent were slain by family members, boyfriends, and girlfriends.
ALAFAIR BURKEThe Ascendant is smart, edgy, fast-paced storytelling at its best.
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