Confidential Communications [Paperback]

J.R. Reardon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 16, 2008

Rebecca Lawson, a young general-practice attorney in Vermont, expected to expand her practice when she was hired by Allan Richards to investigate a suspicious employee. Instead, she finds herself amidst national and international conspiracies, manipulations, and murder. With the help of an old colleague, Joshua Tameron, she learns that the financial security and innocent citizens of the United States are in imminent danger, and it is up to them to expose the truth. Confidential Communications is a legal thriller that takes the reader on a ride and evaluates the vulnerability of us all while witnessing the downfall of greed.

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About the Author

Boston native, Suffolk University Law School alum, and former partner of Saltzman & McNaught LLP, J. R. Reardon has practiced in many areas including civil and criminal litigation. Reardon has taught insurance law with her father and is published in the Suffolk University Law Review. She is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of Massachusetts, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. She is also active in several legal associations in both Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. Attorney Reardon currently resides in Maryland with her husband and three-year-old daughter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris (June 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1436335876
• ISBN-13: 978-1436335874
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,076,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Boston native, Suffolk University Law School alum, and former partner of Saltzman & McNaught LLP, J.R. Reardon has practiced in many areas including civil and criminal litigation. She has taught insurance law with her father and is published in the Suffolk University Law Review. Reardon is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of Massachusetts, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. She is also active in several legal associations in both Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Calling All Armchair Lawyers - Reality Mimics Fiction (as in the Bernard Madoff allegations), January 4, 2009

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Yale R. Jaffe "Author of Advantage Disadvantage" (Darien, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Confidential Communications (Paperback)

J. R. Reardon weaves a wonderful tale of law, finance, and drama in Confidential Communications. We are introduced to a very likeable Rebecca Lawson, an attorney that anyone would be proud to hire for one's legal matters. She is big-city wise with a small town disposition. Readers will like her, and we root for her success, and fret about her danger. An important financial firm in a small Vermont town hires Attorney Lawson, and by doing so puts this lawyer in moral and ethical dilemmas, not to mention threatening her personal safety, when she discovers something might not be right with her client.

For armchair, wannabe lawyers this book offers something unique - a realistic, fly-on-the-wall peek at the workings of an attorney (courthouse contacts, research challenges, day in the life, and of course ethical challenges).

You don't have to be interested in the law, or the world of financial brokerage, or nail biting dramas - but if like any of the three you'll love this novel. J. R. Reardon must be clairvoyant - there are so many parallels to the current in-the-news Bernard Madoff alleged scandals. Yes, reality mimics fiction in this case! An excellent read.

Yale R. Jaffe

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast-paced legal thriller, December 31, 2008

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L.C. Evans - See all my reviews
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I thoroughly enjoyed J.R. Reardon's legal thriller. Her main character, attorney Becky Lawson, is an endearing mix of naivete, idealism, and toughness. When Becky realizes a crime is being committed at a financial firm she doesn't back off, even though she ends up in danger. As the suspense slowly builds, Becky sticks to her legal ethics. Eventually she plays a big part in bringing the perpetrators to justice and ends up finding her soul mate.

From small town Vermont to Boston to Washington DC, Ms. Reardon does a fine job of bringing her settings to life. The author's unique voice and her subtle wit make Confidential Communications a great read.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fraud From Main Street...Not Wall Street, March 18, 2009

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Bill Flynn "The Feathery" (Boston area) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Confidential Communications (Paperback)

The author of Confidential Communications, J.R. Reardon, sets her story in a small Vermont town. The protagonist, Attorney Rebecca Lawson, comes from the big city to practice law there. She expects her general practice to take on the routine of drawing up wills, closing real estate purchases and the like for the folksie natives. But the business as usual of Rebecca's practice quickly becomes one of financial intrigue when she is hired by an investment company to get the goods on an employee. Soon, a warning comes from Charlie an alleged CIA agent. Charlie is charming for a purpose and Rebecca falls hard for him...then falls too hard.
Investment fraud pops it's ugly head up on Main Street Vermont to reach beyond even that conceived on real world Wall Street. Rebecca, with the help of some big city friends becomes a sleuth and then a key witness in the trial of the century. A trial that brings out a scam which surpasses any perpetuated by recent non-fictional Ponzi artists. J.R. Reardon, has crafted a story not far removed from real current events. It's a timely book. The conclusion, at the trial, is exciting and well written by the author, an attorney, who's been there and done that.