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The Associate (Audio Cassette)

by Phillip Margolin (Author), Scott Brick (Narrator)
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)

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Daniel Ames, a blue-collar associate at a preppy, white-shoe law firm, gets snookered by a pretty colleague into reviewing thousands of pages of documents. The client, a pharmaceutical company, is charged with falsifying test results on a new drug that appears to cause horrendous birth defects. Daniel is sure the company didn't do it, but among all the documents he overlooks a letter that could destroy his client's defense. The opposing counsel gets hold of it, and the next thing you know, Daniel's smack in the middle of a murder as well as the attendant legal fraud and chicanery. Who else, besides its manufacturer, wants the truth about the drug trials covered up? Whose body, charred almost beyond recognition, was found in the lab along with a score of dead test monkeys? And what's the connection between a double kidnapping and murder that happened years ago in Arizona and the headline-grabbing lawyer that's trying to pin the blame on Daniel's client for the drug's terrible effects?

Phillip Margolin, author of seven previous bestsellers (including Wild Justice), is clearly venturing into John Grisham territory here. Although he rarely probes beneath the surface of his central characters, he spins an electrifying yarn in this provocative thriller. --Jane Adams --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.



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Another year, another young-attorney-in-peril story from Margolin (Wild Justice). This time, the attorney is Daniel Ames, an earnest, pink-cheeked associate at Portland's most prestigious law firm. Ames gets fired for a paperwork blunder that may force the firm's biggest client out of business. The client, Geller Pharmaceuticals, is being sued for its diabetes drug Insufort, which is believed to cause severe birth defects, much like thalidomide in the 1950s. Set up to take the fall by another lawyer in his firm, Ames mistakenly gives the plaintiff's attorney the results of a secret medical study documenting Insufort's shortcomings. Ames, however, suspects the story is a fake. To get his job back, he knows he has to prove that not only he, but also Geller Pharmaceuticals, has been scapegoated and hung out to dry. But who would do such a thing? The likely suspect is rich-but-sleazy attorney Aaron Flynn, who filed the lawsuit against Geller and has a history of backhanded tactics. Aided by legal investigator and love interest Kate Ross, Ames traces the case's roots back to a mysterious murder and disappearance in the Arizona desert nearly a decade earlier. Margolin's writing for the most part is unremarkable, his plot won't stand up to serious scrutiny and his characters engage only on a surface level. Yet the author of seven previous handsomely selling thrillers deserves credit. While his latest is eminently forgettable, the whole package light intrigue, good-looking, wealthy people under stress, a couple of ghoulish murders and a scattering of clever plot twists is undeniably entertaining and enjoyable if you don't think about it too hard. Major ad/promo; 25-city national radio campaign; 12-city author tour.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Typical and tired..., Jul 19 2004
By CHRIS HOWELL (Madison, AL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Associate (Hardcover)
There is nothing fresh or particularly imaginative about this legal thriller. At it's best, it is a cookie-cutter novel, without any of the drama or suspense that the top authors in this genre (Grisham, Ellis, Lashner) weave so beautifully throughout their work. At it's worst, it relies on predictable plot twists that move this tepid novel along barely fast enough to keep the reader from putting it down for good. If you suffer from insomnia, then give this book a try. Otherwise, leave it aone.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Legal Thriller that Grips Like a Vice, Mar 13 2004
By Kennedy Ryan "Book Girl" (Boston, Mass.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Associate (Hardcover)
Daniel Ames is a young man with the kind of work ethic big law firms need and expect. But in his wildest imagination he never dreamt that it might mean putting his life on the line for either his firm.

A young and attractive attorney has plans and she takes advantage of Ames by asking him to stay late to review documents that belong to one of the firm's clients, a pharmaceutical company, and that are supposed to be delivered to opposing counsel the next morning. It's her job, but Ames agrees. However, he didn't know he'd be pulling an all-nighter, going through documents that normal would take him weeks. And unfortunately he misses one that may cost his firm a multimillion-dollar Thalidomide-like drug product liability case

He is not only fired, but threatened, nearly killed, arrested, and charged with murder. His world comes tumbling down. Not only can't he afford defense counsel, but he isn't sure who he can trust. People he meets or knows are either disappearing or dropping like flies. How far will the parties in big-stakes civil litigation go to win?

Apparently a long way in this thriller that grips like a vise. Margolin, as usual, delivers strong characterization, a terrific plot, good court scenes and plenty of thrills. Highly Recommended.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good mystery, Sep 23 2003
By M. Steffen (Story City, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Associate (Mass Market Paperback)
Not one of Margolin's best because of some of Daniel Ames' stupidities in the story, but I enjoyed the mystery of the story till the end.
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4.0 out of 5 stars great complex story
As an author myself, I love to dissect the work of others. Philip Margolin uses some great "right angle shifts" to throw the reader into new fields in this enjoyable... Read more
Published on Jun 28 2003 by Adam Wiktorek

2.0 out of 5 stars A Disssapointed First Timer
This is the first book I read by Phillip Margolin. The book started-out well - and I liked the plot of Daniel Ames, small time boy making it in big time law. Read more
Published on Feb 6 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars VERY disappointed Margolin fan
After reading and loving the far superior "Undertaker's Widow" I was excited to get an opportunity to read another of Margolin's fast paced legal thrillers. Read more
Published on Jan 15 2003 by Joey R.

5.0 out of 5 stars a lawyer in trouble
How can you not love a book about a lawyer who gets himself in trouble? The associate begins with a photograph, which triggers a chain of events that takes the reader through... Read more
Published on Dec 29 2002 by Paul Skinner

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fast and Enjyable Read
As with most of Philip Margolin's novels, there is nothing fancy about "The Associate". This is simply a very readable, thoroughly entertaining, and hard-to-put down legal... Read more
Published on Dec 26 2002 by Gary Griffiths

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Satisfying
I rate this novel somewhere between 2 and 3 stars. There are some nice plot twists, but overall the story is a disappointment. Read more
Published on Oct 11 2002 by Tom Wilkinson

5.0 out of 5 stars Very difficult to put down
I picked up a copy The Associate in an airport bookstore on the recommendation of a total stranger. I wish I new who she was so I could thank her, because The Associate was a... Read more
Published on Oct 4 2002 by Timothy J. Kindler

3.0 out of 5 stars An Okay Thriller But Far From Margolin's Best!
Typical of a book by Philip Margolin, The Associate is written in a style that makes the pages fly by, has an interesting plot and builds to a suspenseful conclusion. Read more
Published on Sep 29 2002 by bobbewig

4.0 out of 5 stars NOT HIS BEST, BUT STILL WORTHY
FIRST OFF, FELLOW REVIEWERS, PLEASE WATCH HOW YOU SUMMARIZE THE STORY. ONE REVIEWER IN THIS SERIES LET OUT SEVERAL KEY PLOT TWISTS! DON'T FORGET... Read more
Published on Sep 27 2002 by Michael Butts

4.0 out of 5 stars Skin deep's OK . . . sometimes
Mr. Margolin puts together an interesting set of characters who, at least initially, seem real. Or a least they start out convincing us that various people that we have known in... Read more
Published on Sep 21 2002 by Larry Scantlebury

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