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A fellow lawyer disappears from his boat, and Brady suspects foul play Although alleged criminals are considered innocent until proven guilty, acquittal doesn't make them saints. Boston lawyer Brady Coyne knows this all too well, but believes firmly enough in the right to counsel that he doesn't let it keep him up at night. His friend Paul Cizek, however, is another story. A rising young defense lawyer, Paul has made a name defending repugnant clients: hit men, child molesters, unrepentant show more drunk drivers. He's good at what he does-so good that it's eating him alive. After an emotional confession to Brady, Paul takes his boat out onto the Merrimack River in the middle of a storm. When the coast guard finds the vessel, the lawyer has vanished. Did he die in an accident, or did the stress of his work convince him to end it all? Brady suspects murder, and he will do whatever it takes to understand how his friend died. show lessTags
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I really enjoyed this book. A defense lawyer friend of Brady's is suffering from depression after defending and getting an acquital for a child molester and a drunk driver. The friend disappears leaving Brady to worry if it was one of his mafia clients or a victim of one of his clients.
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William G. Tapply was born in Waltham, Massachusetts on July 16, 1940. He graduated from Harvard University in 1963. He wrote more than 40 books during his lifetime including the Brady Coyne mysteries series, the Stoney Calhoun Novel series, and numerous non-fiction books about fly fishing and the outdoors. He was also a contributing editor for show more Field and Stream, a columnist for American Angler, and part of The Writer magazine editorial board. He was an English professor at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts and ran The Writers Studio at Chickadee Farm with his wife Vicki Stiefel. He died on July 28, 2009 after a battle with leukemia. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Close to the Bone
- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters
- Paul Cizek; Brady Coyne
- Important places
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
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