The Judgment [Paperback]

William J. Coughlin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: St. Martin's (1997)
• ASIN: B000VANRO0
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,241,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is a complete false interpretation of my Father's work, July 21, 1999

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[e-mail] (St. Clair, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Judgment (Mass Market Paperback)

My Father William J. Coughlin, who died at the early age of 62, did not write this book. Although the publisher wants you to believe he wrote and finished this book on his death bed. This is completely untrue. The rights were sold by a family member to the publisher and another writer from the west coast was hired to write this. My father had a great idea regarding a story he wanted to write, but there is not one parargraph in this entire book that my Father wrote.

The publisher is just trying to sell you on the name and his success from his previous novels.

If you would like to read a couple of very good books William J. Coughlin did write: Try "Shadow of a Doubt" or : "Death Penalty"

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Slow, slow, slow, September 22, 1999

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[e-mail] (Frederick, Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Judgment (Mass Market Paperback)

I expected a true thriller. Scott Turow had said "Vintage Coughlin. Sharp, tight and full of suspense." I found this book to be none of these. It took forever to get started and once it got going the outcome was predictable and offered no suspense.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Coughlin is among the best, December 11, 2000

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"zwerver" (Alameda, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Judgment (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read a number of Coughlin's books. Some are better than others, but this one proves again, as do his other novels, that Coughlin is among the best of the lawyer-novel authors. His plots are always interesting and developed; his writing is very good; there is humor and sophistication to a degree that is rare in this genre.