Justice [Mass Market Paperback]

Ian St. James (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Fontana (1988)
• ASIN: B000MPR3NK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

Ian St James, according to the press, was a millionaire at the age of thirty, when the merchant bank backing his enterprises collapsed and took his business with it. In the years afterwards he started a management consultancy and later turned it into a small investment house. In 1977 he retired to write full time and published eight best-selling novels; The Money Stones, The Balfour Conspiracy, Winner Harris, The Killing Anniversary, Final Resort, Justice, Vengeance and Cold New Dawn.

He also started the wildly successful Ian St James awards launching the careers of several published authors.

2012 sees the return of Ian St James as he brings his novels to the Kindle, introducing a new audience to his explosive mix of passion and adventure.

"Ian St James has the gift of story telling" THE TIMES

"Crisp writing, strong escalating plot" THE OBSERVER

"Irresistible" NEW YORK TIMES

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5.0 out of 5 stars Completely satisfying popular fiction, January 9, 2007

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This review is from: Justice (Paperback)

One of the most enjoyable novels I've read. For the pleasure it provides I'd rank it with Dick Francis's best. Set in England in the 1960s, it follows the relationship between three characters: the narrator, solicitor Peter "Tubby" Mortlake; his ambitious friend Jack Webb; and Ann Church, who enchants them both. The plot involves the law and the music business, with a court case that bookends the novel (and that I imagine was at least partly inspired by Gilbert O'Sullivan's battle with his record company.)

There's little subtlety here. If you want probing character study, or moral complexity, look elsewhere. But if you want a story about an unassuming hero standing up for what's right, grab this one. It's clear who the good guys are, and you, or anyway I, have no trouble rooting for them. Peter, the novel's center, is a thoroughly decent and likable man, great company for 500-plus pages. I reread Justice again every few years; that's how much I like it.