After her brother, a quadriplegic Vietnam veteran, is charged with a murder that took place years ago, attorney Cass Jameson immediately takes on the case to defend him, but as various personal issues start to become public, she begins to fear what may eventually surface."
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Carolyn Wheat must be the best listener in the mystery business. The former Brooklyn, New York, defense attorney has the awesome ability to capture and create whole characters in just a few perfectly shaped sentences of dialogue. She also knows how to move her people through a complicated narrative without losing focus. This book about lawyer Cass Jameson flashes back and forth from the present to 1969 and 1982, as Cass looks for connections between some old activist friends, her Vietnam vet brother, and the 15-year-old murder of a Federal agent that links them all. Other top-grade Wheat paperbacks include Fresh Kills, Mean Streak, and Where Nobody Dies.
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Part of an ill-fated student activist group in the Sixties with series lawyer Cass Jameson (Fresh Kills, LJ 6/1/95) and her brother, Ron, Jan is a long-time fugitive wanted for murder. When she surrenders to police, Cass rushes to Ohio to defend Ron, who now faces related charges. Jan is threatening to expose the "mole" who betrayed the students to police in 1969 and framed her for murder in 1982. An intriguing plot based on fallout from rash actions meant to publicize the plight of migrant farm workers; this is well focused and crisply written.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Format:Hardcover
Although I have read -- and enjoyed -- virtually every book in every series by the most famous female mystery writers, Carolyn Wheat unequivocally remains my favorite.
This series is about a Legal Aid attorney named Cass Jameson. As such, it introduces fascinating glimpses into seldom-seen areas of the legal system -- along with providing excellent mysteries. This is one series I buy in hardcover as soon as each book is published.
The books are all very well-written, fast-moving, and entertaining. I cannot sufficiently recommend them. IMHO, this is the best mystery series available.
By Verum
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I eagerly await each of Carolyn Wheat's mysteries. Troubled Waters is an excellent, well plotted mystery. The character development is strong and the story line demands the reader's full attention.
I have read each of her previous Cass Jameson mysteries and thoroughly enjoyed each of them. This one reaches new heights of excellence with its amazingly plotted and executed story line.
My one suggestion to the author is that she utilize a medical advisor to check medical procedures and equipment. One can not speak while on a respirator and when visiting a patient in ICU with a head injury there would be no need to gown. Other than those minor errors, I thought this book was her best yet. I eagerly await the next offering in this wonderful series.
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
This is an absolutely dreadful book: completely disorganized, with not much of a story to it, and an ending that doesn't make sense.
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Cass tackles the most personal case of her legal career.
"Troubled Waters" is one of the the best mysteries I've read this year. Wheat's compelling narrative shifts in time between the late '60s, early '80s and mid-'90s,... Read more
Published on Aug 29 1997 by RobinClaw@aol.com
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The best Cass Jameson book yet
In 1969, Cass Jameson, her brother Ron (at his sister's urgings), Jan
Gebhardt, and other idealists helped organize migrant farm workers into
unions. Read more
Gebhardt, and other idealists helped organize migrant farm workers into
unions. Read more
Published on Jun 15 1997
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