HABEAS CORPUS

De: Jake Needham

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Charlie Trust is a burned-out lawyer who never wants to see another case, but there’s still one client he can’t refuse. And the problem is, that client just might be a killer. In Malibu, everyone is watching. But nobody is telling the truth.

Los Angeles, 1992

After eight soul-crushing years working as a divorce lawyer in Virginia, Charlie Trust has left the law behind. Burned out, disenchanted, and done with clients forever, he’s living in a borrowed house on Malibu’s Carbon Beach. All he wants to do now is drink beer on the deck, watch the sun set into the Pacific, and wonder what comes next.

Then the riots tear through Los Angeles, and America’s paradise turns to ashes. The fires are still burning in Hollywood when Charlie’s neighbor comes knocking and brings a different kind of disaster to his door.

Martin Cole, Detective Harry Murphy on one of TV’s hottest cop shows, is a familiar face to most Americas. He’s also a man whose wife has gone missing, and two hot-shot detectives from LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division don’t think she walked away. They think Marty Cole killed her.

Marty pleads with Charlie to help him, and Charlie can’t say no. Pulled into a case he never wanted, Charlie is faced with a choice between loyalty and truth, and between Hollywood and reality. On Carbon Beach, where multimillion-dollar houses stand watch over the relentless surf, everyone has secrets worth killing for.

Caught between calculating detectives, ruthless Hollywood lawyers, and his own client’s deviousness, Charlie Trust learns that friendship can be the most dangerous weapon of all.

Set against the backdrop of Malibu in the uneasy spring of 1992, Habeas Corpus is the electrifying first installment of the Charlie Trust novels, a series that blends legal intrigue with California noir for fans of Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, and Scott Turow.


“Wow! This novel is the best legal thriller that I have read in years. It’s right up there with PRESUMED INNOCENT.” - Angela Norton, retired Texas prosecutor

“This is the best-of-the-best crime novel with a lawyer hero. Charlie Trust wrestles with the most difficult ethical issues that a lawyer faces in his search for justice. A great read!” - Michael Tigar, , legendary defense attorney and author of SENSING INJUSTICE

“Jake Needham is a smooth operator and his writing skills show that. He handles this change-of-pace novel with aplomb. This is a fun read that is cleverly plotted and well executed.” — George Easter writing in Deadly Pleasure Mystery Magazine

"If there's a living writer whose work makes me think of the great Raymond Chandler, it's Jake Needham. He’s a prose master in the same vein.” -- James David Audlin

AI stinks. It should be discontinued or improved dramatically.

I have a hard time believing that there isn't an AI out there that can resolve homonyms contextually, for example. It really detracts from enjoyment of an otherwise decent story.

AI is not there yet

good story but you can tell it Is AI. inflection is off, simple words, brands and cities mispronounced

The poor overall reading. AI cannot come close to even a bad voice actor performance.

At times the AI was laughable and at other times, it only was confusing. At one point, AI read, " the gun, safe in the corner..." Actually it should have read, " the gun safe in the corner...". That is only one example of numerous, sometimes humorous, other times merely confusing errors of normal human speech. Needless to say, I won't be getting another AI narrated book regardless of how good the book may be.

Innovative plot.

Virtual voice ruined an excellent book - again. The technology has a long way to go.

The twists and turns of the story!

Excellent chracter development and a thrilling ending. Wonderful craftsmanship in the writing! Can't wait for the next book in the series! Thank you Jake Needham! Another winner in a long list of great books!