Plea Bargain (Darcy Cole Mystery S.) [Hardcover]

Larry Axelrood (Author)

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Series: Darcy Cole Mystery S. | Publication Date: October 15, 2002

Sometimes a simple plea bargain is not what it appears to be, as criminal defense attorney Darcy Cole learns when he takes the case of Harry Feigler, a Chicago attorney who specializes in expunging the records of men who have been caught soliciting prostitutes. Sometimes also, Darcy reminds his associate Kathy Haddon, when a husband regularly comes home in the evening smelling like a bar and claiming to have been out with "friends," there may be no cause for alarm. Sometimes, too, a black man accused of murder in an apparently open-and-shut drug case has been set up and is innocent, and a beautiful, apparently distraught young woman who reports the disappearance of her boyfriend to the police is lying to distract attention from a real crime. Sometimes even a middle-aged police officer whose life is spiraling toward disaster discovers the inner qualities of character that attracted him to law enforcement in the first place, and the luck of the draw in emergency room physicians brings together a disenchanted lawyer and an overworked doctor in a romance that sizzles from the moment they first meet. These story lines, which at first glance appear to have no connection to one another, come together with high drama and humor in Plea Bargain. Nothing, it seems, is as it appears, and Darcy must sift through the illusions and deceptions to come to the actual truth. In the midst of fraud and deception, murder and betrayal, Darcy battles a legal system that seems more adept at administering injustice than in protecting the innocent. Filled with brilliant legal maneuvering and surprise after surprise, Plea Bargain spins a complicated path that will intrigue even the most avid readers of legal fiction and establish Darcy Cole as one of the most fascinating new series protagonists to appear in years, which was the case in The Advocate, the first book in the Darcy Cole series.

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About the Author

LARRY AXELROOD practices law in Chicago, Illinois, and is a former prosecutor in the State’s Attorney’s office in Cook County. A member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, he is a graduate of Indiana State University and the Chicago Kent College of Law. A native Chicagoan, Axelrood and his family live in Evanston.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing (October 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581822731
• ISBN-13: 978-1581822731
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,239,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy sequel, October 19, 2002

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Ronald Barth "batman" (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plea Bargain (Darcy Cole Mystery S.) (Hardcover)

This second novel from Mr. Axelrood is a worthy follow-up to his first, "The Advocate," about the personal and jurisprudential lives of his protagonist, Darcy Cole. As with that book, I found myself caught up from page one in the plot twists and the Chicago "justice" system machinations -- in which things and people rarely wind up as we first suspect. As a former Cook County prosecutor and current defense attorney in that same jurisdiction, it's a safe bet that Mr. Axelrood knows whereof he speaks when writing of the Chicago system, both its positives and negatives. Recommended strongly for fans of police and/or legal procedurals.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Read, January 3, 2003

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"drabinovitz2" (Boston Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plea Bargain (Darcy Cole Mystery S.) (Hardcover)

For anyone who has ever spent any time in Chicago, or for anyone who has ever practiced criminal law, this book is a must read. Through Darcy Cole, Axelrood takes you from the Greak diners on the Northside where coppers eat for free, to the back offices of the Cook County State's Attorney's Grand Jury, to the diamond trade down in the loop.

Along the way, a cop's career and a lawyer's marriage are saved, and of course, justice is served.
Buy this book, you won't be disapointed.