Violent Ward by Len Deighton - ISBN: 9780241505540
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LA lawyer, murder, scams, and riots. California chaos unfolds.

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    17 May 2022

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Summary

A hard-nosed criminal lawyer gets caught up in a murder in a classic LA thriller

If America is a lunatic asylum, then California is the Violent Ward.

Mickey Murphy is a criminal lawyer with an office in LA’s downtown low-rent district, an ex-wife who bleeds him for money and ‘clients who would plead the Fifth Amendment if they could count that high’. To make matters worse, Mickey finds himself embroiled against his wishes in an elaborate and clever scam that’s going askew, and…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241505540
ISBN-10:0241505542
Author:Len Deighton
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:17 May 2022
Weight:191g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 15mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
About The Author

Len Deighton

Len Deighton is the author of over thirty bestsellers of carefully researched fiction and non-fiction. His history writing was encouraged by A. J. P. Taylor and his books are noted for the picture they provide of the German side of the fighting as well as that of the Allies. His books include Fighter- The True Story of the Battle of Britain and Blood, Tears and Folly- An Objective Look at World War II.

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