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A Jury of Her Peers: A Novel by [Jean Hanff Korelitz]

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As a little girl climbs off a school bus on the Upper East Side of New York, a man named Trent rushes from the shadows to stab her viciously, instantly becoming the city's latest pariah and setting into motion an increasingly bizarre chain of occurrences. At one end of the chain is Sybylla Muldoon, the Legal Aid attorney who must somehow overcome eyewitness accounts, devastating forensic evidence, and the brutal disfigurement of an innocent child in her struggle to defend Trent; at the other is the mystery of why a previously peaceful and rational man should suddenly commit such an abhorrent crime. Sybylla's client may be inescapably guilty of the act, but everything about the case feels unaccountably wrong.

Raised to argue both sides of anything by her father, a conservative judge whom she adores even as she rejects his politics, Sybylla is committed to the principles of public defense but growing increasingly weary in its practice. Now as she readies Trent's case for trial, Sybylla makes a series of seemingly unrelated discoveries that bind together a thriving trial consulting firm dealing exclusively with conservative prosecuting attorneys, a pattern of unnoticed abductions among New York's homeless, a long-abandoned avenue of medical research, and Sam, Sybylla's new colleague at Legal Aid whom she falls for but can't quite trust. In the end, Trent's mystery leads her to the very summit of the American legal system—the confirmation hearings of a Supreme Court nominee—and to the heart of her own family history, until Sybylla must reconsider virtually everything she believes she knows about her own life.

With its captivating protagonist and its timely consideration of juries, trial consultants, and that elusive notion, justice, A Jury of Her Peers is a chilling novel about the law—and those who seek to corrupt it.

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This fast-moving legal thriller, an accomplished first novel, follows New York City Legal Aid lawyer Sybylla Muldoon as she prepares to defend a once-gentle homeless man named Trent who has been arrested for the brutal stabbing of an Upper East Side schoolgirl. Initially, Trent manifests classic signs of schizophrenia, but he soon becomes coherent and, while intimating a tale of abduction, refuses to speak more fully until his trial. As Koreliltz traces Sybylla's approach to this high-profile case, she reveals the day-to-day workings of modern justice as played out in New York City's crowded courtrooms at 100 Centre Street. Utterly commited to her clients, Sybylla, a postfeminist Nancy Drew, exhibits a thinking woman's appeal that is heightened by both her difficult relationship with her father, a noted right-leaning jurist who may soon become a Supreme Court nominee, and a developing romantic interest. Although the plot, featuring murder, conspiracy, politics and the perversion of justice, moves into Robin Cook territory for a time, Korelitz's convincing characterization, vigorous prose and rapid-fire pacing deliver thoughtful entertainment along with the promised thrills.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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Resourceful public defender Sybylla Muldoon exposes an insidious plot involving kidnapping, radical drug experimentation, and jury tampering that extends from a grubby New York courtroom to the hallowed halls of the U.S. Supreme Court. In order to exonerate her client, a homeless man accused of an utterly heinous and seemingly random assault on a young child, Sybylla begins investigating his dubious claim that he was abducted and held against his will in a strange hospital. When she discovers that the baffling implant removed from his upper arm is actually a time-release device loaded with LSD, Sybylla prepares to use this explosive information in her defense argument. Before she is able to present this evidence in court, her client conveniently dies, and she realizes her own life is in grave jeopardy. Fleeing to Washington, D.C., Sybylla uncovers evidence linking her own father, a popular Supreme Court nominee, to the bizarre conspiracy. A suspenseful and tautly rendered legal drama. Margaret Flanagan --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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A monstrous-conspiracy wolf in legal-intrigue clothing. Despite rejection by her legal-eagle father, Sybylla Muldoon has never had any second thoughts about her job as a Manhattan public defender. But now, as she prepares her defense of a street person known only as Trent, she's tested more sorely than ever. Four witnesses saw Trent attack Amanda Barrett without provocation as she got off her school bus, slashing Amanda's face and belly but leaving her alive to testify along with all the others. The only defense is insanity--an obvious defense to anybody who's dealt with the patently schizophrenic Trent--but Trent won't let Sybylla plead him insane, and a mysterious implant the doctors at Bellevue removed from his underarm holds out a slim hope for another defense, even as Trent, sans implant, seems to recover miraculously from his delusions and is pronounced competent to stand trial. But the old friend Sybylla asks to put the implant through its pharmacological paces is murdered, the implant disappears, and the trial commences with only Sam Larkin, Legal Aid's dishy newest member, on Sybylla's side. Fans of courtroom drama will be rubbing their hands in anticipation by this point, but first-novelist Korelitz throws a curveball right by them, bringing the trial to a brusquely unexpected end and unveiling a deep-dyed conspiracy that links Dermot Muldoon, now conveniently nominated to the Supreme Court; his old crony Robert Winston, a trial consultant with a uniquely holistic approach to jury selection; Trent himself; and who knows how many other homeless New Yorkers. It would be unkind to give away any more of the plot, but it's fair to warn that Korelitz's clever, unbelievable conspiracy makes her novel more schizoid than Trent himself. The wild improbabilities allow a stinging critique of the jury system that lifts this above other conspiracy novels to some kind of prophetic truth. Paging Oliver Stone. -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

About the Author

Jean Hanff Korelitz is the author of The Properties of Breath, a collection of poems, and A Jury of Her Peers, a novel. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CGI3F38
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crown; 1st edition (May 15, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 15, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2676 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 446 pages

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Jean Hanff Korelitz is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels THE PLOT (The 2021 Tonight Show Summer Reads pick), YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN (adapted for HBO as "The Undoing" by David E. Kelley, and starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant and Donald Sutherland), ADMISSION (adapted as the 2013 film starring Tina Fey), THE DEVIL AND WEBSTER, THE WHITE ROSE, THE SABBATHDAY RIVER and A JURY OF HER PEERS. A new novel, THE LATECOMER, will be published on May 31st, 2022. Her company BOOKTHEWRITER hosts "Pop-Up Book Groups" in person in NYC and online, where small groups of readers can discuss new books with their authors. www.bookthewriter.com

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When Jimmy Fallon announced that "The Plot" had been chosen for his book club, I bought it, read it, and loved it. I am now determined to read every book by Korelitz. This one is not as good (or plot twisty) as "The Plot," but it held my interest until the satisfying ending. I highly recommend this writer.

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When I first started reading this book I honestly thought I wasn't going to continuing reading it as the beginning wasn't keeping me interested. But I kept reading and then couldn't stop. Very interesting and possibly actually happening in real life. It's possible.

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I liked this book. The story was interesting and I learned somethings I did not know much about. At times it dragged on a bit, but it eventually returned to being interesting again. Sybylla frustrated me at times, but I did like her. Her kindness was admirable, in light of her upbringing. I have read and enjoyed other books by this author and look forward to reading more. Thank you.

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Well written and engaging. The middle to end had me more engaged than the earlier pages but still well worth reading.

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It was a good read, but the condition of the book was not.

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This was a library reject with damage and marks. Just lousy condition.

The author is terrific. I prefer her more recent books.

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Such a Well Crafted Book!

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Good plot, characters you want to support (or razz) from page one. This is a fine read for fans of legal procedurals and who-dunits. It's a fine example of the best of this world. An author to add to my list of must-reads.

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Even I couldn't suspend my disbelief enough to be able to enjoy this book. The characters were poorly developed and clique including a very good looking guy who drops into the "heroine's" life. The LSD information was interesting but belabored to death. I enjoyed You Should Have Known much more as it had real people with souls. I would skip this book unless you are very interested in medical experiments on involuntary subjects and LSD.

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I enjoyed this thriller tremendously. The protagonist, a legal aid lawyer, is so smart, so deliciously funny as she falls in love, as she fights the bad guys, as she checks out mystery after mystery in the case of a homeless guy stabbing a little girl. Great fun.

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Good yarn along with a legal trial and plenty of action

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My experience with this book was like watching a really good legal drama including a trial and then suddenly it is cut off and a thriller takes it place, putting the heroine, Sybylla Muldoon, the legal aid lawyer, in physical danger.
I was left wondering just exactly who was the real villain of the piece. There were so many choices. Though that became clearer as time went on I was never sure who else was good or bad until the end of the story. This is a very well written book with a sense of humour and a plot right up there with the big name writers of legal thrillers today.

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