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Summary: The Parsons Egg
Review: A very readable and enjoyable book , the plot is a bit cliched and the characters underdeveloped however the prose and legal jousting are enjoyable . The elucidation of davy's childhood is very disturbing , not for the squeamish . The ending is pretty much unbelievable in the context of the actual charges davy faced
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Summary: Better than most
Review: Book was very well written, and kept me thinking. These type of books are fantastic. I hadn't read for a while, but for some reason this one caught my eye. Don't want to say much so as not to give it away, but nice book overall.
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Summary: Pretty good book with old plot line
Review: I found this book by accident and just bought it. I am glad I did. The story held my interests and it was a refreshing book with twists and turns and I did not expect the "bang at the end". It reminded me of the early Grisham novels. I just hope he stays fresh and gives us more of not the same, but different reading.
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Summary: Livingston County- just sued
Review: I heard a rumor of a computer hacking and brake in the county of Livingston where Stan's from, I think it would be wise before rave reviews are given on this book, to check out two sites on AOL, Bostondame1225, journal entries Some Memories Last, and Footsteps. Stan seems to borrow a bit of information.
Not surprising this county is being sued, just settled out of court a law suit the ACLU filed. Seems corruption happens here. Brake ins, Obstruction of Justice, wow!!, just a start for this county.How many more get hurt and abused, before this is stopped in the county of Livingston. This Bostondame Mom's been put through enough and exploited enough. Sorry, on this your wrong Texas. Maybe these county people should read William J. Bennett's Book on Virtue, since they seem to lack that quality. George Bean
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Summary: Livingston County- just sued
Review: I heard a rumor of a computer hacking and brake in the county of Livingston where Stan's from, I think it would be wise before rave reviews are given on this book, to check out two sites on AOL, Bostondame1225, journal entries Some Memories Last, and Footsteps. Stan seems to borrow a bit of information.
Not surprising this county is being sued, just settled out of court a law suit the ACLU filed. Seems corruption happens here. Brake ins, Obstruction of Justice, wow!!, just a start for this county. How many more get hurt and abused, before this is stopped in the county of Livingston. This Bostondame Mom's been put through enough and exploited enough. Sorry, on this your wrong Texas. Maybe these county people should read William J. Bennett's Book on Virtue, since they seem to lack that quality. George Bean
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Summary: Compelling story and rich characters make great legal drama.
Review: I highly enjoyed Stan Latreille's "Perjury." His prose is beautiful and descriptive. The characters are richly developed and very interesting. I hope to see Jack Brenner and Ann Mahoney again. This is a compelling novel with quality writing that tells a provocative story. The twists and the surprising outcome will not disappoint. I could not put down the book and finished it in a weekend. I look forward to future novels from this new author.
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Summary: Pretty good book with old plot line
Review: I read this book over a three day period and was alternately disappointed and surprised as I read it. The externals of the story are hardly new. A burned out, formerly idealistic public defender flees the big city to practice law in a small town only to become embroiled in the most sensational case to ever hit the small town. Nothing too new there. What is new, however, are the scary and disturbing details as to why Davey Alden commited perjury and the depraved people that prey on innocent children, even in small towns. That part of the book was truly refreshingly different, although certainly difficult to read without being horrified. While the story had some interesting turns, it was disappointing to me that, except for Davey Alden, all the characters at the end of the story where as they were at the beginning of the story. No one really changed despite a tumultous ride. The author's portrayal of the judges and the games lawyers play with each other certainly seemed credible. It's an entertaining read.
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Summary: Abuse of the Justice System
Review: Living in the Brighton - Howell area, were Stan Latreille resides. I find it difficut to see where creative imagination was used in this attempt at a fiction novel. Golf Club Road as well as other visual areas described are an attempt to regurgitate a description of the city of Howell, Michigan. However, his description of the area being a group of inbred, ruthless, body of people which exploits then abuses women and children is not fiction, but reality, showing in them not the best, but the worse humans offer in egocentric, greedy, individuals who are not only in law, but feel they are above the law. 92 cents is far more than anyone should ever pay for this sickening story written to exploit.
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Summary: Who is the real criminal here?
Review: This book was recommended to me by an acquaintance for a quick read, and a little research.
Latreille said he got his information from people and friends in the legal field. His court must be pretty steamy, at the least.
For the reader of this book, here are a few facts, and a lesson: the world of writers, press, and the law needs an over haul, when this type of nightmare unfolds in our halls of justice.
Stumbled accross this interesting bit of information,and passed it on, in a brief from the Judicial Tenure Commission against an Livingston County Judge, which Latreille's name is mention.
Judge Del Vero, of the county court, had a complaint filed for sexual harassment, settled out of court and the Judicial Tenure Commission filed a complaint against Del Vero. Below is a portion of the complaint filed.
12. "In approximately the later 1990"s, Respondent stated or speculated that 44th Circuit Court Administrator Bucilla Carroll obtained her position because she slept with the Hon. Stanley Laterille of that court. He did so on more than one occasion."
13. Prior to 1999, Respondent stated or speculated the 44th Circuit Court Friend of the Court Melissa Scharrer got her job by sleeping with the Hon. Stanley Laterille of that court.
After reading through the complaint filed by the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission Formal Complaint no.75, and
Latreille's book, I am wondering why a Grand Jury for corruption is not looking into the county of Livingston, seems too much is going on in that small town, and legal system. The Judical Tenure complaint is far more interesting than Laterille's book.
The commission complaint is on public record.
Ron Rock
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Summary: LAUDABLE FIRST NOVEL
Review: While the question of guilt or innocence is always a quotient in courtroom thrillers Perjury, a debut novel by Michigan trial judge, Stan Latreille, puts an original spin on the norm. Once his fictional case has been set forth, Mr. Latreille generates and sustains a rapid paced narrative with injections of suspense, while also tossing out eye-opening, often disconcerting, observations about judges, juries, lawyers and our legal system. Responding to the invitation of Scott Sherman, an old college buddy, Jack Brenner, "a jaded lawyer on the wrong side of forty," joins Sherman's legal firm in one of the tonier suburbs of Detroit, Michigan A divorce and years as a justice-will-prevail believing public defender have left Jack cynical and disgruntled. Being appointed to handle the pro bono defense of an admitted perjurer does nothing to improve his state of mind. However, when Jack meets his client, Davey Alden, a young mother with the requistie tangle of red hair, blue eyes and luscious figure, he puts on his tarnished suit of armor and becomes her avid champion. It comes as no surprise that a romance blossoms between the two, but that predictable occurrence aside, the author offers some intriguing discoveries as Jack researches his case. Davey is to stand trial for perjury after claiming that her husband, Joel, had sexually abused their daughter, and then admitting in court that she had fabricated the charge. It seems there's no hope for Davey as she's an admitted liar, which has incurred the wrath of the entire community, many of whom are reliant upon the bounty of powerful and wealthy Joel. The fact that Davey was abused by her father as a child may win her some jury sympathy but, Jack thinks, not an acquittal. Any chance of winning his case becomes an even longer shot when Jack learns that Davey is promiscuous, and a handsome, too-smooth dentist is at the ready to testify that not only did he bed Davey the first time he met her but she wanted him to help her in a scheme to frame her husband for child abuse. Well, things always look darkest before the last fifty pages and such is the case with Perjury. In true Perry Mason style a surprise piece of evidence leaves a courtroom in shocked silence, and waiting for Jack's closing argument. Standing before the box of solid citizens, he cautions that the law is not some cold formula, but demands a human heart: "If you apply the law coldly, you will not render justice. You must apply it humanly." The verdict reached by the jury and the ensuing revelations remind us that in some lawsuits there are no victors. While the courtroom scenes sizzle with authenticity, dialogue, at times, seems tired, such as, `'The road to hell is paved with good intentions, my dear,' I said." Nonetheless, Perjury is a laudable first novel, indicating that the author's inventive mind may hold future surprises. - Gail Cooke
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