For Sabre Orin Brown, life is good; she has it all…or would have, if only she could solve the mysterious disappearance of her brother. The search for her brother and her career as a juvenile-court attorney collide when she defends a nine-year-old whose father will go to any length to obtain custody.
Sabre finds herself immersed in a case with too many unanswered questions. Her quest for the truth takes her coast to coast and five years into the past. Confronted with mysterious clues and strange occurrences, Sabre is threatened by someone wanting to make her suffer the unbearable anguish of losing everything – including her life.
As Sabre’s passion to find the answers intensifies, she discovers a twisted history of desperation, deceit, and revenge. And she discovers how obscure and treacherous the truth can be.
The Advocate, a legal-suspense murder mystery, is the first book in The Advocate Series. Three characters continue throughout the series, Sabre Orin Brown, defense attorney; her investigator, J.P. Torn; and her colleague Bob Clark. The Advocate is followed by The Advocate’s Betrayal
, The Advocate’s Conviction, The Advocate’s Dilemma, and The Advocate’s Ex Parte.
Reads like a first semester creative writing assignment I’m an attorney and was really irritated at first because the description of courtroom procedures was just wrong. Even the words used to describe some of the parties and the roles of various attorneys and courtroom staff were wrong. I could get past that, though, because the legal proceedings pretty quickly became background noise thrown in just to remind the reader that main character was an attorney. You wouldn’t have known otherwise because nothing she did was remotely appropriate for her…
A very enjoyable read I actually met the author in a Barnes & Nobel and bought this book partly so as not to hurt her feelings by turning her down. I didn’t read the book for two years later. I am a Sue Grafton fan, so I couldn’t help but compare The Advocate to Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone series. The Advocate was every bit as good as Grafton’s early stories and I enjoyed it very much. Obviously, as a series progresses there is more development and one becomes more attached to the on-going characters. I look…
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