The Case of the Colonist's Corpse: A Sam Cogley Mystery
by Jenny Blake Isabella, Bob Ingersoll
Star Trek: The Original Series (Unnumbered novels — 2004), Star Trek (novels) (2004.01), Star Trek (2004.01)
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When Captain Kirk faced court-martial, he chose the best lawyer in the Federation -- Samuel T. Cogley, a cranky old man who prefers books to padds and people to computers. Now, once again, it's SAM COGLEY FOR THE DEFENSE! The planet Aneher II sits in the middle of the Neutral Zone, and neither the Klingon(tm) Empire nor the Federation can claim it. Under the terms of the Organian Peace Treaty, any such contested colony world will go to the party -- Federation or Klingon -- which shows it can show more best develop the planet. At first the two colonies live in peace, but it's a fragile peace, one shattered when Administrator Daniel Latham, the head of the Federation colony, is found murdered, and Commander Mak'Tor, the head of the Klingon colony, is found crouched over Latham's body, discharged phaser still hot in his hand. When Lieutenant Areel Shaw of Starfleet is assigned to prosecute Mak'Tor, Sam Cogley volunteers to defend the accused Klingon. But when Cogley's own investigation provides the prosecution with its key piece of evidence and his courtroom tactics unexpectedly backfire, can even the galaxy's most brilliant defense attorney win the day in... The Case of the Colonist's Corpse show lessTags
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Love the concept of this Star Trek/Perry Mason mash-up, and the murder mystery is definitely Gardner-esque, full of potential suspects and courtroom theatrics, but the Trek references are somewhat belaboured. Borrowing Samuel T. Cogley and Areel Shaw was enough for me - the brief scenes with the Enterprise crew were, sadly, overkill. Cogley's assistant Peter Lawrence is more like Archie Goodwin than any of Perry's legmen, however, which earns Isabella and Ingersoll extra bonus points! If they should come up with any new mysteries, and lighten up on the Trek trivia, I will definitely read on.
Samuel T. Cogley defends a Klingon accused of killing the Federation administrator of a mining colony. Lt. Areel Shaw is the prosecutor, eager for a rematch with Cogley. Both originally appeared in TOS episode “Court Martial”. This is a well-paced and entertaining courtroom mystery, as well as a tribute to Earl Stanley Gardner’s Perry Mason, down to the book’s design and red-dyed edges. Sam Cogley is familiar enough after more than 35 years of reruns that I can easily see him in a series of mystery novels. The authors also effectively use TOS and Enterprise tube history to paint the background.
I got the impression that authors Bob Ingersoll and Tony Isabella, both veterans of Star Trek comics and novels, have something more in show more mind for Lt. Areel Shaw in a future story.
Published in paperback by Pocket Books. show less
I got the impression that authors Bob Ingersoll and Tony Isabella, both veterans of Star Trek comics and novels, have something more in show more mind for Lt. Areel Shaw in a future story.
Published in paperback by Pocket Books. show less
A great mash up of genres, a murder mystery in a science fiction setting. This story will be a treat for fans of both genres.
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- Canonical title
- The Case of the Colonist's Corpse: A Sam Cogley Mystery
- Original title
- The Case of the Colonist's Corpse: A Sam Cogley Mystery
- Alternate titles
- The Case of the Colonist's Corpse
- Original publication date
- 2004
- People/Characters
- James T. Kirk; Sam Cogley; Mak'Tor; Areel Shaw; Peter Lawrence; Louis Alexander (show all 13); Manuel Carabatsos; Pavel Chekov; Leonard McCoy; Montgomery Scott; Areel Shaw; Spock; Alexander Warren
- Dedication
- To our parents - Jack and Kay Ingersoll and Louis and Florence Isabella - for giving us our imaginations and sense of justice and encouraging us to use them.
- First words
- "Your Honor, I must object!"
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Cogley smiled. Perhaps they'd all make the most of it, at that.
- Publisher's editor
- Ordover, John
- Original language
- English
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- 147
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- 223,667
- Reviews
- 5
- Rating
- (3.41)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 2
- ASINs
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