Ties That Bind

De: Phillip Margolin

Narrado por: Margaret Whitton

Success is fleeting; nobody knows this better than Amanda Jaffe. She had been the rising star of Portland's legal community, but in a cruel twist of irony the same case that put her on the map -- the Cardoni trial, which pitted Amanda against a brilliant sociopath, has left her traumatized, doubting her instincts, and shunning the limelight.

This reticence ends when she agrees to handle the case no one else will touch. Jon Dupre, who runs an upscale call-girl service, is accused of murdering a U.S. senator. Dupre claims to possess proof of the existence of a secret society of powerful men who have banded together for a commonly held political agenda. The rite of passage that binds them together is murder.

To Amanda these seem the desperate claims of a man lying to save his own skin -- until she is pressured to walk away from the case. Determined to conquer the fear and psychological trauma that has plagued her since Cardoni, she refuses to abandon her investigation. It's a decision that will place her and those she loves directly in the path of a deadly juggernaut with ambitions that extend all the way to the presidency of the United States.

Good Book!

This was a good book. Well conceived and well executed. The characters are convincing, the plot is credible, coincidences don't happen too often to make things work out.
It had me engaged all the way through.
I recommend this book.

Pretty good

I liked it but it's forgetible... ya know, airplane paperback type of time-passing-but-not-really-deeply-engaging kinda book.

Great story aNd great story teller ! Thanks!

The book surpassed all my expectations.
And was well written and well told!!
Thanks . I'm going to read all Marigold books !!!!

Can't tear yourself away!

I think this is one of his best that I've read (heard)from him. Couldn't put it away, even lost some sleep to get to the end. Well worth the listen. Has some clever twists and secrets all the way through.

Stinko!

Adequate characters, and the writer had craft BUT, this "story" stinks! I have never been so disappointed with the way a writer ended a plot. He betrays the reader with one narrative, then inserts an incongruous, entirely different storyline that assumes the reader is a dolt! Margolin appears to have contempt for his readers, assuming we accept any twaddle that let's him write, "The End" when it's obvious that he's grown tired of the entire thing.

I worried about getting this book after the way Margolin's "Wild Justuce" fell apart at the end, but I enjoyed some of his ensemble enough to try "Ties That Bind". Boy am I sorry. Margolin's needs to become a ghost writer for someone who has plot ideas, his just evaporate in the end.

Don't buy this thing, even with George Guidal, it was - in the end - Un-saveable! Stinko!