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Kevin Wylie's crooked boss wants to run him out of town, and Kevin's long-time girlfriend is ready to take a hike. He decides to leave Miami and visit his father, who he hasn't seen in 28 years. Heading back to his hometown, Kevin doesn't realize that he and his dad will become embroiled in a murder case.
The victim, one of the richest and most-hated corporate criminals in America has been dubbed The Alligator Man after pieces of his clothing were found in a local swamp. Billy Fuller had every reason to want the victim dead and all the evidence leads right to his doorstep. But legendary lawyer Tom Wylie believes in Billy and he and his son reunite to fight for Billy's life.
The Alligator Man is a story of greed, anger, love, redemption and two powerful trial attorneys who fight to the end-- and risk everything--for the truth.
- Sales Rank: #1401985 in Books
- Published on: 2014-09-16
- Released on: 2014-09-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x 1.00" w x 5.25" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 400 pages
From Publishers Weekly
In this straightforward, character-driven stand-alone, Sheehan (The Lawyer&'s Lawyer and two other Jack Tobin legal thrillers) clearly distinguishes between heroes and villains. Wealthy Roy Johnson has retired to Gladestown, Fla., after escaping with a golden parachute from his company, Dynatron, whose collapse destroyed the jobs, health insurance, and pensions of 20,000 employees. When Roy is reported missing one morning, some people at first presume that an alligator snatched him on his nightly drunken walk. Then a local teen comes forward to report a hit-and-run, followed by a witness&'s report of a man leaving a bar in a nearby town on that night, muttering about killing someone. Police quickly identify the man as former Dynatron employee Billy Fuller. Enter Kevin Wylie, an unemployed defense lawyer visiting his dying father in Billy&'s hometown. Sheehan paints a sympathetic portrait of Kevin, Billy, and others on the side of the law, while crafting an ending that will satisfy readers who like to see justice prevail. (Oct.)
Review
"A deeply moving storyline from both a familial and legal perspective, this is one of the best thrillers of the year."―Mysterious Reviews, on The Alligator Man
"I thoroughly enjoyed the twists and turns and even though everything was thought out I still could not see what was coming next. His legal thrillers are not to be missed!"―Outnumbered.com, on The Alligator Man
"Fun stuff."― Kirkus Reviews, on The Alligator Man
"This is the second book that I read by James Sheehan. James is a great writer, rating right up there with James Patterson. James Sheehan was a lawyer and you can tell by the way the book is written. James brings you right into the court room and gives a lot of the back story of this trial."―Fresh Fiction, on The Alligator Man
"James Sheehan, knows a lot about the law. He practiced it for thirty years and has written three acclaimed legal thrillers. I recommended Sheehan's last novel, 'The Lawyer's Lawyer,' and I definitely recommend his new one."―Bookviews.com, on The Alligator Man
"Sheehan is a gifted storyteller who fans of Paul Levine or James Grippando's Florida-set legal thrillers should enjoy. THE ALLIGATOR MAN merges the fast pave of Miami with the rural, one stoplight towns that skirt Florida's Everglades, where alligators aren't the most dangerous predators lurking."―Florida Book Review, on The Alligator Man
"Sheehan paints a sympathetic portrait...while crafting an ending that will satisfy readers who like to see justice prevail."―Publishers Weekly, on The Alligator Man
"It is not only the development of each character's individual story but Sheehan's ability to compel his readers to care about them that sets this book apart from other legal thrillers."―Library Journal, on The Alligator Man
". . . an enthralling legal thriller."―New York Journal of Books, on The Alligator Man
"If you're looking for a fast-paced, intriguing legal thriller, The Alligator Man by James Sheehan is the novel for you."―Southern Literary Review, on The Alligator Man
"The courtroom action is compelling...And Sheehan keeps the surprises-come scary, some bittersweet-coming to the very last page."―Tampa Bay Times, on The Alligator Man
"[Sheehan] is especially good whenever he takes us into a courtroom.... Sheehan brings the three-way jousting of a criminal trial...to blazing life."
―The Washington Post on The Lawyer's Lawyer
"Sheehan...writes with bleak clarity...but there's a touch of the poet in his voice."―The New York Times, on The Mayor of Lexington Avenue
"This is a debut novel but it reads like it was written by a master of the genre."―Nelson DeMille, on The Mayor of Lexington Avenue
"An assured, elegant, suspenseful courtroom thriller."
―Kirkus Reviews, on The Law of Second Chances
"Fast moving and tightly written...boasts a gripping story and characters who will make the reader care. Al in all, a stylish and engaging novel."
―Richard North Patterson, on The Law of Second Chances
About the Author
James Sheehan is the author of The Lawyer's Lawyer, The Mayor of Lexington Avenue, and The Law of Second Chances. He was a successful trial attorney for 30 years, and currently teaches trial law and is the Director of the Tampa Law Institute at Stetson University College of Law in Tampa, Florida. Learn more at jamessheehanauthor.com
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
two books in one
By E. Groller
Love the murder mystery set in the Everglades. Gives your Florida readers a real treat. The second story of a son learning that there are always two sides to a story, and love and forgiveness before it is too late can be a great love story.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
Fantastic!
By dianeg
I only recently discovered james Sheehan and have read all of his books. He is a new favorite author of mine. I eagerly anticipate his next book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
A First-Rate Southern Courtroom Thriller
By Bookreporter
You really need to read one of James Sheehan’s books if you haven’t already. Sheehan, a trial attorney for some three decades who now teaches trial law, toils in the genre of --- can you guess it? Say it with me --- courtroom thrillers. But he is more concerned with characters than with legalese. My guess is that Sheehan was warmly received by the bench when he appeared in court, given that he has that wonderful and all-too-rare ability to lay out the facts --- his story --- in an entertaining manner without sounding as if he is in love with his own voice. That ability was manifested in his critically and commercially acclaimed Jack Tobin novels and is demonstrated once again in his latest work.
THE ALLIGATOR MAN introduces a new character in the form of Kevin Wylie, a Miami defense attorney. Wylie is employed in a firm where he is a rising star, second only to Bernie Stang, the owner of the firm who keeps Wylie on a “first among equals” status behind himself. Wylie is considering striking out on his own, but is fired by Stang before being given the opportunity to quit. Worse, Stang makes it more than clear that he does not want Wylie practicing in Miami. At the same time, Wylie’s girlfriend is making noise about coming to a parting of the ways. In the midst of these twin crises, Wylie receives a telephone call advising him that his father has terminal cancer and is asking to see him. The man is only a distant memory in Wylie’s past, given that Wylie has not seen him since he was a child. Wylie reluctantly travels to St. Albans, where his father, a noted defense attorney in his own right, has some revelations for him that will challenge beliefs about himself and his family that he held as gospel.
Meanwhile, other events are overtaking Wylie that will have a direct bearing on his future. A man named Roy Johnson has gone missing in the Florida Everglades, leaving behind nothing but a wallet and some scraps of his clothing deep in the swamp. Johnson is a notorious figure, having founded a company named Dynatron and cashing out of it just ahead of its failure, leaving investors bereft of millions of dollars and hundreds of employees without their jobs or pensions. Johnson is guilty as sin but has never been charged with anything. Not exactly a popular man, no one is especially upset when he goes missing, apparently as the result of a close encounter with some alligators. The incident, coupled with Johnson’s personality, earns him the nickname “The Alligator Man.”
However, when the statement of an eyewitness establishes that Johnson’s disappearance is the result of foul play, the police do not lack for suspects; there are hundreds of them. The most likely one is a man named Billy Fuller, a former employee of Dynatron who lost his wife to cancer and his home as a direct result of Johnson’s actions. Wylie takes on Fuller’s defense, even though it at appears to be all but impossible to defend Fuller, who was in the area, made vague threats, and certainly had a motive to kill Johnson.
As he prepares for trial, Wylie finds that he is reconnecting with his father and avails himself of the famous attorney’s wife’s counsel in mounting the best defense possible in representing his client. In the course of his preparation for trial, Wylie uncovers several startling revelations, including one that leads him directly back to Stang. Every piece of evidence helps; all that Wylie needs to do is create “reasonable doubt” concerning Fuller’s guilt. Yet the case against Fuller seems airtight, even as Wylie attempts to establish that Johnson’s shady activities in the past made him a target for murder. When the trial is conducted and the jury reaches its verdict, that is not the end. Not by a long shot.
James Sheehan makes you care about his “clients”: Wylie, Fuller, and some other memorable folks you will meet along the way. The story never gets bogged down in legal minutiae and, interestingly enough, is as much about Wylie establishing his relationship with his long-estranged father as it is about the jury reaching its verdict. That is a plus, one of many that you will find sprinkled throughout THE ALLIGATOR MAN, which hopefully will be the beginning of a new series.
Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub
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