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Lethal Defense
- Nate Shepherd Legal Thriller Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
A client savagely kills a man to protect a friend. A lawyer with secrets must prove it was justified.
Attorney Nate Shepherd left a big firm to go out on his own. He sees nothing but opportunity when an out-of-town lawyer wants to hire him as local counsel on a high-profile murder case. Though his family worries that the case hits too close to home, Nate joins the defense team.
When circumstances force him to take on a bigger role, Nate ignores his family’s fears and throws himself into his client’s defense. But as he digs deeper, every aspect of the case raises memories of a terrible event that Nate has tried his best to bury.
Battling an aggressive prosecutor in court and a dogged reporter outside it, Nate fights to prove that his client’s brutal, bloody slaying of an evil victim was right. But when Nate’s own story is exposed, it threatens his client’s freedom...and Nate’s carefully constructed life. Can he fend off his own demons long enough to save his client?
This is the first book in the gripping Nate Shepherd Legal Thriller series. If you like razor-sharp dialogue, iron-willed characters, and slippery moral quandaries, then you’ll love this fierce courtroom drama.
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- pauline grillo
- 02-01-22
conclusion not believable
love this author and all his books including this one but I struggled to believe that a real jury would have made the same verdict. That murder was committed wasn't disputable, murder was committed, possibly justifiably so, but the method could never be justified. but great read. 👍
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- Tony Tucker
- 02-05-23
Really great entertainment
Enthralling tale, believable and has everything to keep you entertained and desperate to get to the next chapter. Excellent way to pass your time !!
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- Berkshire Tony
- 08-05-23
Very good legal thriller
Fans of crime stories and courtroom battles will enjoy this one. A good story with twists an turns.
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- James
- 26-03-23
Fascinating listen
Michael Stagg has a way with word. A riveting story, that draws you in. It’s great that there’s more authors out there who write this genre. I keep coming back to this book and his series. Nate Shepard reminds me of a certain other character (Jake Brigance )from another author who writes like this can’t wait to dive into book 2 again. If I could give a six for this I would
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- Barbara Perry
- 27-01-23
A good listen
Really good book and well narrated by George Newbern, although I wasn’t too keen on the gory details. Will go on to listen to more books by this author.
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- pietro birindelli
- 06-01-23
Pleasant surprise
Keeps you gripped. The odd formulaic sections here and there but overall a solid legal thriller
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- M Williams
- 27-05-23
Enjoyable
A nice book to be included within membership. A decent court room account. And not grim.
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- magda flores
- 19-05-23
excellent
i loved this book. no unnecessary twist and turns, moved at a good pace and likeable characters. brilliant narration. looking forward to the next book in this series
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- Anne Storey
- 19-08-23
Good Book
The book was good -kept you involved and wondering how he could be successful.
Thankfully not a lot of navel gazing
The reader is great and I’ll listen to more books read by him
I thoroughly enjoyed it
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- Victoria B.
- 02-09-23
If you love a good courtroom sage you’ll love this
Never read this author before and really enjoyed it. Was intrigued to get to the ‘closing statements’ but had guessed what the final defence would be. Liked the characters and their back stories - will definitely read more of his. Being based in the UK I also liked how the legal systems are different in the USA.
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