Looking For A Book...
09-21-2009, 10:32 AM
#1
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Missouri
Posts: 279
I don't recall the title or the author. :oops: I read this book in the early 90's and after seeing the mention of another author here I thought maybe someone would recognize the story line.
What I recall about the book was that this was the first book for this author. The main character is a lawyer who is an alcoholic and down and out on his luck. His client was accused of murder and there was a motorcycle gang in the book.
I recall enjoying the book and had plans for keeping tabs for a second book but at the time I was in college and the name was probably written in a notebook that is long gone. Sooooo...if this rings a bell with anyone I would appreciate the title of the book or the author, I know it is a HUGE LONG SHOT...thx.
What I recall about the book was that this was the first book for this author. The main character is a lawyer who is an alcoholic and down and out on his luck. His client was accused of murder and there was a motorcycle gang in the book.
I recall enjoying the book and had plans for keeping tabs for a second book but at the time I was in college and the name was probably written in a notebook that is long gone. Sooooo...if this rings a bell with anyone I would appreciate the title of the book or the author, I know it is a HUGE LONG SHOT...thx.
09-21-2009, 10:41 AM
#2
Power Poster
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Out searching for some sunshine :-)
Posts: 58,856
I have called my local library, told them the story line, after a quick discussion with a co-worker she told me the name of the book and author LOL not only a good memory but she said it was just "part of their job" :D :D :D
09-21-2009, 05:35 PM
#5
Super Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: La Pine Oregon, USA
Posts: 5,907
Originally Posted by amma
I have called my local library, told them the story line, after a quick discussion with a co-worker she told me the name of the book and author LOL not only a good memory but she said it was just "part of their job" :D :D :D
09-21-2009, 05:39 PM
#6
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: East Coast
Posts: 2,221
Could it be Shadow of a Doubt by William Jeremiah Coughlin? That was published in the early '90s, had an alcoholic down-and-out lawyer with a client accused of murder. Seems to be his first novel. I haven't read it, so I don't know if there's a motorcycle gang, but take a look:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Sha...?itm=10&usri=1
or
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/...w-of-doubt.htm
If that's not it...
Okay, you're certain this was the author's first book. Do you happen to know if the author later wrote other books? Did it maybe become the first in a series?
Would you classify this as a legal thriller, mystery, slice-of-life, literary, mainstream or some other genre? It is fiction, a novel, right?
You read it in the early '90s. Was it fairly new/recently published then, or might it have been published in the '80s, '70s or before that?
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Sha...?itm=10&usri=1
or
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/...w-of-doubt.htm
If that's not it...
Okay, you're certain this was the author's first book. Do you happen to know if the author later wrote other books? Did it maybe become the first in a series?
Would you classify this as a legal thriller, mystery, slice-of-life, literary, mainstream or some other genre? It is fiction, a novel, right?
You read it in the early '90s. Was it fairly new/recently published then, or might it have been published in the '80s, '70s or before that?
09-25-2009, 12:19 AM
#10
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: East Coast
Posts: 2,221
Originally Posted by ladybugquilter
What about John Grisham?
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
carolynbb
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
2
08-22-2011 11:33 AM
craftybear
Main
6
06-26-2010 04:45 AM
