Fade the Heat [Paperback]

Jay Brandon (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Pocket; Book Club (BCE/BOMC) edition (January 1, 1990)
• ASIN: B000N51EYS
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,317,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jay Brandon (1953- ) grew up and his lived primarily in San Antonio, Texas. A graudate of the University of Texas, he also has a Master's degree from The Writing Seminars of Johns Hopkins University, and a J.D. from the University of Houston.
Brandon is the author of 15 novels and one book of non-fiction, as well as a number of short stories published in anthologies.
Brandon has also been a lawyer since 1985. His first job out of law school was at the Court of Criminal Appeals, the highest criminal court in Texas. He then served as an assistant district attorney of Bexar County (San Antonio), Texas, and a staff attorney on the Fourth Court of Appeals of Texas, before going into private practice in 1990.
Brandon's 1990 novel FADE THE HEAT, his first legal thriller, was shortlisted for the Edgar Award and optioned by Amblin Entertainment. That and later novels have been published by more than a dozen foreign published, with worldwide distribution.
Brandon is married and the father of three children. He is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters and the American Crime Writers League (although he generally dislikes belonging to any group; just a natural prejudice).

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Big Difference Between Early & Later Brandon Books, May 2, 2006

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G. H. Giroux "Eccentric Writer" (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fade the Heat (Hardcover)

I've enjoyed Brandon's latest books, and found this one at the library. I didn't realize until I brought it home that it was from 1990, and the differences between the writer's early & later work: later is better.

I was disappointed by a number of factors: the lack of realistic emotions and verbal reactions to horrible situations (as in Blackwell's conversation with his son while visiting in prison); the breakaway from standard and more satisfying plot devices such as unmasking the villain before the trial concludes, rather than concluding the trial and designing (SPOILER) the horrific nightmare a framed, innocent, gentle young man finds himself in in Huntsville (brutally beaten and raped by people who hated his DA father, and placed in that position by an arrogant and hateful warden), and the moral and unappealing ambiguity of the main character and his relations with coworkers and family.

I was not impressed with this book, and was glad that it wasn't my first experience with Brandon's writing.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, June 7, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Fade the Heat (Mass Market Paperback)

IMHO this stands with the best of Turow, RN Patterson, Martini, W. Friedman, & J. Amiel in courtroom dramas.

Combining a satisfying plot with sparkling dialog & sharply drawn characters, this book ranks as one of the best of its genre.