A fast-moving legal thriller about young Miami attorneys and their lessons of power, love and forgiveness.
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"A homeless man is found dead in present-day Miami. It's no big thing, until the business card of Jonathan Britton, a rising young attorney at Miami Legal Assistance, is found in his possession. Jonathan asks around in Miami's homeless community about the man, a Cuban named Spider who came to Miami in the Mariel Boatlift of the early 80s. For his trouble, Jonathan is found dead a few days later.
Avery Guerin, another MLA attorney, and Jonathan's sometime lover, asks questions on her own. The story moves to Key West as Avery and Stuart, her law school intern with whom she has a rather torrid relationship, look for a homeless Nicaraguan who spoke with Jonathan before his death. The Nicaraguan is actually a writer researching a book on formerly successful people who fell through the cracks during the Reagan/Bush years.
Suspicion falls on Alex, another MLA attorney and Jonathan's mentor who is also a former member of the Florida Legislature. Without giving things away, the story then shifts to the courtroom.
OCEAN COURT is an excellent legal mystery. It's got murder, intrigue, sex, and Rockey, an attorney who practices in Miami, does a very good job keeping the reader guessing until the end."
Reviewed by Paul Lappen 3/21/00 ... see Arlaine's website for this and other reviews.
Excerpt
"Jon never seemed to give a hundred percent to anyone. That was his power. He was still amazed with Alex' legal prowess, his commitment, and his assured political future, but that first night was all it took. Jon had turned the tables on him -- their rhythm like a jazz improvisation, with Jon scatting like hell."
"There was just a golden dribble of Jim Beam below the ice. Alex clicked the glass down on the worn wooden bar.
"Another," he mumbled to the large-breasted woman in the pink tank top, her rose tattoo peeking out from the scooped neckline. The sun was just setting, but Alex had been there for hours this Sunday afternoon. Letting his anger swell up like a helium balloon."
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Reviews for "Ocean Court"
Reviewed by Clayton Umbach
4/3/2003
Read the opening Chap 1 excerpt on another of your pages. A little confusing as to who is doing what to whom in the first couple of paragraphs, as are they inside or outside of the bar? A X-dresser is playing pool, but it sounds like they're outside. You still write better than 99% of the people on here : )
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
