The Color of Law: A Novel

Jones claims innocence, and refuses to plead out to avoid the death penalty--giving Fenney fits." With Jones's life on the line, Fenney agonizes about whether he can do the trial, losing wife, job, and country club membership as he slowly uncovers the truth about McCall. When Clark McCall, the no-account son of Texas' senior senator (and presidential hopeful), is murdered, Fenney is forced by his firm to pro bono the suspect, heroin-addicted prostitute Shawanda Jones. A former Dallas attorney, Gimenez offers an entertaining window onto the city's legal world, but he telegraphs most of the story, and his attempts at negotiating Dallas's race and class conflicts fall flat; whether platitudinous or wise-cracking, the minor characters unintentionally reinforce the stereotypes the book works so hard to combat.Copyright © Reed Bus

At 33, in the prime of his life, he rakes in $750,000 a year, drives a Ferrari and comes home every night to a mansion in Dallas's most exclusive neighbourhood. For Fenney, life could not be better. But when a senator's son is killed in a hit-and-run, Fenney is asked by the state judge to put his air-conditioned lifestyle on hold to defend the accused: a black, heroin-addicted prostitute - a very different client to the people Fenney usually represents. Scott Fenney is a hotshot corporate lawyer at a big Dallas firm. He also comes home to one of Dallas's most beautiful women, with whom he has a much-loved daughter, Boo. And, more importantly, she is not going be paying Ford Stevens $350 an hour for the privilege of his services. The question is: does he believe in it strongly enough to jeopardise everything in his life he holds dear. Yet as Scott prepares to hand over to Bobby, he feels increasingly guilty about the path he is taking, because Scott still believes in the principle of justice. And to what lengths is the dead man's power-hungry father prepared to go to test Fenney's resolve?. Under fire from all sides, Fenney drafts in a public defender to take the case on. A

Sunshine from Bean Town said What a roller coaster ride of indecision!!. Why indecision? I could not decide if this was a story about another money grubbing, no conscious having, well privileged, Caucasian attorneyfrom a historically racist state. With those initial expectations out of the way, my journey on said roller coaster begins. Mr. Gimenez, I, an African American, who is an avid reader , gives the highest praise for this novel. I am very good at sifting through the useless t. Top class emotional and ethical legal thriller Suncoast This is the best legal thriller I have read this year. It is an emotional story of legal, ethical and personal dilemmas faced by a young and successful lawyer, written by someone who has been a partner in a major law firm and has run his own small business who gives an edge of real authenticity to the story.A. Scott Fenney's Mother always said that he had a gift but he didn't really understand what it was. Befo. maurice jensen said Enjoyable "legal bodice-ripping" with a happy ending. What's not to like?. A fairly light hearted tale of rich lawyer in big firm hanging on to his integrity whilst loosing his job with breathtaking speed. We have been here before and only the mixture of virtues Scott Fenney which make him universally loved by all but the Bad Guys and his wife encourage the reader to keep going. But as the song says, "it's not what you do but the way that you do it" that matters, otherwise there would