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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316693626
ISBN-139780316693622
eBay Product ID (ePID)4545118
Product Key Features
Book TitleOutside Man
TopicLegal, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year1981
Number of Pages252 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorRichard North Patterson
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
SynopsisSet in Alabama, society lawyer Adam Shaw is married to the beautiful Kris Ann who has bound him to a life he despises and her father, Roland Cade, his senior partner and rival. When Shaw discovers Lydia Cantwell (a prominent society woman and close friend of Kris Ann and Cade) brutally murdered, his life takes on a new focus as he battles to clear Henry Cantwell of the charge of murder. In doing so, he digs up secrets from Lydia's past that will endanger his career, his marriage and his own well-being. It becomes increasingly evident that Lydia's death is inextricably linked to Shaw's own past and future., The outside man is society lawyer Adam Shaw. A northerner in a southern town jealous of its secrets, he finds the dead body of his best friend's wealthy wife -- and his friend is missing.In a world where wealthy people will stop at nothing to maintain a genteel image, Shaw must gamble his career, his marriage, and his very life in a passionate quest for the real murderer -- and learn the truth about his own past and future.In an intricate tale of murder and shocking truths, bestselling author Richard North Patterson takes us to new heights of gripping suspense.