A Mysterious Review of Long Knives by Charles Rosenberg. A Jenna James Legal Thriller.
Review summary: There was clearly some potential here to create a taut legal thriller involving sunken treasure, but the opportunity was wasted on multiple points of view and numerous peripheral subplots that serve to detract from the core storyline rather than help develop and enhance it. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Long Knives
Charles Rosenberg
A Jenna James Legal Thriller
Thomas & Mercer (March 2014)
Publisher synopsis: Jenna James's life has been smooth sailing since she left the high-powered law firm of Marbury Marfan. She's happily ensconced as a professor at a prestigious law school, where she's well liked by her students, coupled-up with a handsome colleague, and on track for tenure.
But things take a shocking turn one morning when a student, Primo, comes to Jenna's office seeking her advice about a treasure map he recently inherited. When Primo turns up dead and Jenna is suddenly the prime suspect in a murder investigation, everyone turns on her.
Desperate for help, she calls on two old friends: Robert Tarza, her old law partner from Marbury Marfan, and Oscar Quesana, an odd-duck solo practitioner. The three race to save Jenna's career — and perhaps her life — in this whip-smart thriller of treasure maps, murder, and law school politics.
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