Extreme Justice (Ben Kincaid Series, No. 7) (Mass Market Paperback)

by William Bernhardt (Author) "Ben Kincaid was playing the piano and singing with such enthusiasm that he neither saw nor heard the man sitting at the foot of the..." (more)
Key Phrases: rug man, Professor Hoodoo, Uncle Earl, Earl Bonner (more...)

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Disillusioned with both the legal system and his private life, criminal attorney Ben Kincaid abandons his practice for a less stressful pastime: playing with a combo at Uncle Earl's Jazz Emporium. The musician's life is bliss--until a corpse crashes through the ceiling with a grisly smile carved on its face.

The body is that of "Cajun Lily" Campbell, legendary singer and onetime girlfriend of club owner Earl Bonner. The cops are convinced that Bonner killed her--and Kincaid knows he didn't. Though he swore he was through with law forever, Kincaid descends into an underworld of gangs, drugs, Internet sex "clubs," and long-standing vendettas. And at the bottom, a killer waits, targeting Kincaid as the next to die with a smile on his face.


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Are you a fan of Richard North Patterson?? Scott Turow??? Philip Friedman?? All masters of the courtroom thriller. Well, I admire all those writers -- but I am also a huge fan of William Bernhardt's. EXTREME JUSTICE is my favorite of his books. I highly recommend him to friends who love a clever whodunit and great courtroom action.

Kim Hovey, VP and Director of Publicity --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (November 28, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345424816
• ISBN-13: 978-0345424815
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #782,455 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This is item 7 in The Ben Kincaid Series.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well thought out ending that brings GREAT closure!, February 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Extreme Justice (Hardcover)

This book is face paced, but not too fast that you are lost in the middle of everything. The characters are "real" because they seem more human than a lot of other books.

The best part of the book, I thought, was the closure that was brought to the book. Many books just drop off with "this is the end.." and that's it. The ending of this book really feels like an ending.

I LOVED this book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Are you in mid-life crisis?, February 7, 1999

By	"charle" (Port St. Lucie, Fl.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Extreme Justice (Hardcover)

This was the worst installment of Ben Kincaid I have read. I thoroughly enjoyed the other Ben Books, but this one was more like Bernhadt's diary of his own mid-life crisis. What are we to think? He jumps from one thing to another, can't make up his mind, the ensemble cast isn't allowed to help, and it falls flat on its face. I had the murderer pegged and why the second time he made an appearance in the "club". I am very disappointed in this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the previous ones, January 4, 2004

By	Sebastian Fernandez (Tampa, Florida United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

The previous books in the series were very good or excellent, but in this installment Bernhardt delivers an average book. It is still easy to read and entertaining, but there are some things missing. The most clear one is that there is no courtroom events in this "legal thriller". The other thing I didn't like was that the descriptions of the violence are too gory in some parts.

After deciding to leave his legal practice in the last book, Ben Kincaid starts playing the piano in a jazz group and is forced to go back to practice when a body drops on top of him during a performance. The the main suspect is Earl, who owns the place and has established a friendship with Ben, since the murdered victim is a former lover.

For those of you that follow the series there are a couple of interesting side stories going on with Jones, Christina and Mrs. Marmelstein.

Of course I will continue reading this series; at least the next book to see if the quality picks up again.