The heavens may fall

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Title:

The heavens may fall

Author:

Eskens, Allen, 1963- author.

Series:

Detective Max Rupert ;

Series Number:

Summary:

"Detective Max Rupert and attorney Boady Sanden's friendship is being pushed to the breaking point. Max is convinced that Jennavieve Pruitt was killed by her husband, Ben. Boady is equally convinced that Ben, his client, is innocent. As the case unfolds, the two are forced to confront their own personal demons. Max is still struggling with the death of his wife four years earlier, and the Pruitt case stirs up old memories. Boady hasn't taken on a defense case since the death of an innocent client, a man Boady believes he could have saved but didn't. Now he is back in court, with student Lila Nash at his side, and he's determined to redeem himself for having failed in the past. Vividly told from two opposing perspectives, the truth about the stunning death of Jennavieve Pruitt remains a mystery until the very end."-- Provided by publisher.

Physical Description:

301 pages ; 22 cm

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Legal fiction (Literature)

Subject Term:

Police -- Fiction.

Criminal defense lawyers -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Guilt -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Widowers -- Fiction.

Identity theft -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Minnesota -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books,

Publication Date:

2016

ISBN:

9781633882058

Publication Information:

Amherst, NY : Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books, 2016.

Call Number:

ESKENS

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Summary

FEATURING THREE CHARACTERS FROM THE BESTSELLING BOOK-CLUB FAVORITE THE LIFE WE BURY, THIS NOVEL EXPLORES A RIVETING MURDER CASE TOLD FROM TWO OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES. Detective Max Rupert and attorney Boady Sanden's friendship is being pushed to the breaking point. Max is convinced that Jennavieve Pruitt was killed by her husband, Ben. Boady is equally convinced that Ben, his client, is innocent. As the case unfolds, the two are forced to confront their own personal demons. Max is still struggling with the death of his wife four years earlier, and the Pruitt case stirs up old memories. Boady hasn't taken on a defense case since the death of an innocent client, a man Boady believes he could have saved but didn't. Now he is back in court, with student Lila Nash at his side, and he's determined to redeem himself for having failed in the past. Vividly told from two opposing perspectives, the truth about the stunning death of Jennavieve Pruitt remains a mystery until the very end.

Author Notes

Allen Eskens has worked as a criminal defense attorney for twenty years. He has taken creative writing classes through the MFA program at Minnesota State University, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, and the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. His first book, The Life We Bury, was published in 2014.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Edgar-finalist Eskens's gripping third mystery featuring homicide detective Max Rupert (after 2015's The Guise of Another) pits Max against defense attorney Boady Sanden, a longtime friend, in a criminal case. Boady is defending attorney Ben Pruitt, who's on trial for the murder of his wife, Jennavieve. Jennavieve was stabbed to death at night in her Minneapolis home while Ben was at a meeting in Chicago. Was there just enough time for Ben to drive home, kill his wife, and get back by morning? A witness saw a red car park in front of the house at midnight-did Ben have access to a red car? Although Max is distracted by new information on the death of his own wife four years earlier, he pulls together the case against Ben at the insistence of prosecutor Frank Dovey, who's altogether too eager to put it before a grand jury. Eskens keeps the reader guessing as the tale takes several unexpected twists before reaching the satisfying denouement. Agent: Amy Cloughley, Kimberley Cameron Agency. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.