SMALL-TOWN LAWYER Joe Gleason wants to start a family and get ahead without selling out to the blue blood law firms of Boston. The young attorney's plan to escape the low reaches of surrogate justice, however, is shattered when a local contractor retains him for a routine collection case that ultimately escalates to murder. Things become even more complicated for Gleason when Boston detectives Jack Mundi and Reva Smith begin to unravel another mystery: that of a lower echelon mobster contracted by a Beacon Hill lawmaker to smuggle a handgun into the Cambridge Superior Courthouse. When the good stand up to people of design, untimely death may just be a matter of when. . .
Protea Publishing
ISBN: 1-883707-72-2
www.proteapublishing.com or www.amazon.com
PRAISE FOR APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL
Jeremiah Healy, Robert B. Parker, Gregory Mcdonald,
The Boston Law Tribune all agree-
One hell of a novel! |
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"In Appearance of Counsel, Andrew McAleer has written a marvelous Boston crime novel . . . There's more than a little of the late George V. Higgins in McAleer's prose and dialogue, to the point that you may sometimes wonder whether you're reading a book or eavesdropping in a gritty, blue-collar tavern. A quirky and fascinating debut." |
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-Jeremiah Healy, Shamus award-winning author of the John Francis Cuddy novels |
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"Appearance of Counsel is well said and entirely compelling." |
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-Robert B. Parker, author of the Spenser and Sunny Randall novels |
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"Andrew McAleer has IT - and that includes great pacing, dialogue, characters. Long may he labor in this vineyard." |
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-Gregory Mcdonald, Edgar award-winning author of the Fletch and Flynn novels |
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"Andrew McAleer is an outstanding talent. I thoroughly enjoyed Appearance of Counsel, and hope to re-visit all his well-formed characters again. The sooner the better!" |
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-Judi Parker, Wolfehounds |
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"McAleer's characters and stories are dynamite. Keep the series going!" |
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-John Shepphird, Hollywood director, Arrest and Trial |
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"Appearance of Counsel [is]. . .A literary achievement . . . This year has certainly been a good one for McAleer." |
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-The Boston Law Tribune |
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". . .a quick pace. . .readers will enjoy the numerous locations around [Boston] which McAleer takes his characters." |
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-The Beacon Hill Times |
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"Appearance of Counsel showcases [McAleer's] keen observations of life . . . readers will find intrigue and fun." |
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-The Minuteman |
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"A legal thriller!" |
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-Colonial Times Magazine |
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"An array of noted luminaries roll in for Appearance of Counsel. McAleer has 'great pacing, dialogue, and characters.'"
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-The Boston Irish Reporter |
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