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Defending Billy Ryan

By: George V. Higgins
Narrated by: Adams Morgan
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 In best-selling author George Higgins' electrifying legal thriller, Jerry Kennedy, the guy his ex-wife calls "the classiest sleazy criminal lawyer", must defend the man that no one else will: Billy Ryan.

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"If they didn't have Billy for selling the apple to the serpent who peddled it to Eve, it was because the serpent refused to testify against him. Professional courtesy and all that."©1992 George V. Higgins (P)1997 by Blackstone Audiobooks Crime Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Mystery Thriller & Suspense

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"Writes with an authenticity that is unmatched." ( Washington Post)
"Flawless. Never a false word, phrase, rhythm." ( New Republic)
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