by Stephen Greenleaf
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by Stephen Greenleaf
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by Stephen Greenleaf
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by Stephen Greenleaf
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by Stephen Greenleaf
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John Marshall Tanner recounts his latest grim experiences in Greenleaf's fifth novel about this California private eye. In Berkeley, Lawrence Usser is notorious for defending criminals as insane and therefore not guilty. When the lawyer is arrested for the vicious murder of his wife Dianne, her parents hire Tanner to prove the accused sane, to prevent him from escaping justice. Questioning people close to the Ussers, Tanner clashes with Lawrence's psychiatrist who has also treated the couple's young daughter Lisa, a runaway. The detective finds Lisa strung out on drugs and holed up with a gang playing weird games in Berkeley's sub-human corners. Before Tanner solves his knotty case, the plot grows to Byzantine dimensions, with elaborations that strain belief, in spite of its timely and vital subject and the author's superior literary skills. January 27
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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When Dianne Renzel is murdered and all evidence points to her husband, Lawrence Usser--a law professor specializing in the use of the insanity defense for murder trials--Dianne's parents hire John Tanner to ensure that Usser does not use legal tricks to evade justice. Reissue. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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John Marshall Tanner recounts his latest grim experiences in Greenleaf's fifth novel about this California private eye. In Berkeley, Lawrence Usser is notorious for defending criminals as insane and therefore not guilty. When the lawyer is arrested for the vicious murder of his wife Dianne, her parents hire Tanner to prove the accused sane, to prevent him from escaping justice. Questioning people close to the Ussers, Tanner clashes with Lawrence's psychiatrist who has also treated the couple's young daughter Lisa, a runaway. The detective finds Lisa strung out on drugs and holed up with a gang playing weird games in Berkeley's sub-human corners. Before Tanner solves his knotty case, the plot grows to Byzantine dimensions, with elaborations that strain belief, in spite of its timely and vital subject and the author's superior literary skills. January 27
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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When Dianne Renzel is murdered and all evidence points to her husband, Lawrence Usser--a law professor specializing in the use of the insanity defense for murder trials--Dianne's parents hire John Tanner to ensure that Usser does not use legal tricks to evade justice. Reissue. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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- False Conception (John Marshall Tanner Mysteries) by Stephen Greenleaf in Front Matter
- PAST TENSE (John Marshall Tanner Mysteries) by Stephen Greenleaf in Front Matter
- Their Word is Law by Stephen M. Murphy on page 92
- Book Finds: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books (Revised) by Ian C. Ellis on page 271
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