Francis "Fat" Chance is a successful attorney until he finds himself being the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
Francis “Fat” Chance is head of a successful law firm . . . currently engaged in defending a Doctor charged with murdering her husband while Fat fumbles with his own crumbling marriage and a mysterious someone who is threatening his life. Not one to be afraid, he deals with stresses by avoiding them and seeking solace as he wanders into a hot affair with a luscious film star . . . the same one he finds himself accused of murdering.His efforts to clear both himself and his client carry the reader along to share in the intricacies of a frenzied, often amusing legal melee that is life within a local justice system.
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Parting from Mabel’s clutches he grabbed the envelope and turned it over to see large crude lettering: ‘FAT’ that someone had written.
For some strange reason a chill came over him. He considered tossing it unopened into the trash, but finally opened it to find ample basis for his reluctance. Inside was a snippet from what appeared to be a newspaper article. As a lawyer he was wise enough not to touch it, only turned on his desk lamp in order to read without removing it. It turned out to be a simple obituary notice, cleverly produced. He knew right away that it was unreal, since it was about him!
Francis (Fat) Chance, noted attorney, on his death today from mysterious cause.
Reality or fantasy? Rough and tough attorney, Fat Chance, takes us on a wild ride as he tries to sift through conflicting scenarios in his life. This is truly a fun-read Who-Dunnit. Kudos to Jack Donovan for taking the daring step away from his previous and more sober first book, Priest. He scored.
Ellie Mayer
Book eight in my Belinda Lawrence Classic Mysteries. Mysteries confront amateur sleuths, Belinda Lawrence and Hazel Whitby in the Somerset village of Milford.
Among the eccentrics is the shadowy Madam Malefic.
Amateur sleuth and cobbler Fulton Moon (yes, his nickname is Full Moon) encounters beautiful and sinister Lucinda Mathews. Lucy, wife of prominent florist Arthur Mathews, wants to escape an abusive husband and Moon only wants to help. It isn’t that
