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Title details for Shoot the Lawyer Twice by Michael Bowen - Available

Shoot the Lawyer Twice

#4 in series

by Michael Bowen
Poisoned Pen Press
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When a fraternity boy finds himself on trial in Milwaukee for piracy on the high seas, Lawyer Rep Pennyworth suspects he's being used as an unwitting accomplice in a cheap publicity stunt. Meanwhile, his wife, Melissa, the professor-half of the couple, gets caught in the middle of a conflict between two colleagues that soon escalates into burglary, theft, jury-tampering, forgery of a papal document from World War II, and murder.

Caught between an investigative reporter who's still having flashbacks to 1968, a professor whose acute political correctness masks ruthless academic ambition, an engineer whose father's death looks suspicious, and a brace of cunning lawyers out for blood, Rep and Melissa have to combine their talents to stay off the casualty list while they figure out what's really going on.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Rep and Melissa Pennyworth Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    October 1, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781481551922
      • File size: 178032 KB
      • Duration: 06:10:53

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 11, 2008
      Milwaukee lawyer Rep Pennyworth and his English professor wife, Melissa, latter-day incarnations of Nick and Nora Charles, deal with an assortment of unrelated concerns in Bowen’s engaging fourth mystery (after 2006’s Putting Lipstick on a Pig
      ). Some of these are legal, such as a would-be rapist’s trial for piracy; some ethical, such as a brooding young Catholic co-ed who may be concealing evidence in another case; and some as apparently frivolous as excessive political correctness in the classroom or the marketing of topical thriller novels. The murder of a greedy professor who dabbled in borderline extortion, however, forces the couple to take a more serious look at the cast of obsessive, eccentric characters inside and outside the academy who are bound and determined to get what they want no matter who else gets hurt. Bowen’s characters are amusing even when exasperating, and his leads are especially pleasant people to spend time with.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Actor and writer Malcolm Hillgartner has the sense of irony and the comic timing needed to bring out the best in Bowen's fourth mystery featuring attorney Reppert ("Rep") Pennyworth and his wife, a literature professor. With a madcap plot that includes jury tampering, forgery, piracy on the high seas, a kerfuffle at a Bront‘ Society conference, and the discovery of a WWII papal decree, Bowen's novel soars with adventure and intellectual wit. The two lead characters, modern-day incarnations of Nick and Nora Charles, lead listeners through the seedier sides of corporate deceit, legal wrangling, and political correctness. The complex subplots and clever banter may leave some listeners confused, but Hillgartner's energy, pace, and sensitivity to the characters make Bowen's writing come to life. S.E.S. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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