By way of sorrow / Robyn Gigl.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781496728258
- ISBN: 1496728254
- Physical Description: 297 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Kensington hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2021.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "Erin McCabe has been referred the biggest case of her career. Four months ago, William E. Townsend, Jr., son of a New Jersey State Senator, was found fatally stabbed in a rundown motel near Atlantic City. Sharise Barnes, a nineteen-year-old transgender prostitute, is in custody, and given the evidence against her, there seems little doubt of a guilty verdict. Erin knows that defending Sharise will blow her own private life wide open, and doubtless deepen her estrangement from her family. Yet as a trans woman, she feels uniquely qualified to help Sharise, and duty-bound to protect her from the possibility of a death sentence. Sharise claims she killed the senator's son in self-defense. As Erin assembles the case with her partner, former FBI agent Duane Swisher, the circumstances hint at a more complex and chilling story with ties to other brutal murders. Senator Townsend is using the full force of his prestige and connections to publicly discredit everyone involved in defending Sharise. Behind the scenes, his tactics are even more dangerous. His son had secrets that could destroy the senator's political aspirations - secrets worth killing for. And as leads begin mysteriously disappearing, it's not just the life of Erin's client at stake, but her own . . ."--Publisher. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kent Library Association - Kent. (Show)
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Kent Library Association - Kent | F GIG (Text) | 33410147729018 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Publishers Weekly Review
By Way of Sorrow
Publishers Weekly
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Gigl's enjoyable debut and series launch introduces criminal defense attorney Erin McCabe, an intelligent and resourceful protagonist with an unusual backstory. One day in 2006, 28-year-old William Townsend Jr., the son of a U.S. senator who's "a big player down in South Jersey," is found stabbed to death in a sleazy hotel outside Atlantic City. The cards are stacked against Sharise Barnes, the Black, transgender, teenage prostitute who's arrested for the crime. Sharise admits to killing Townsend, but claims it was in self-defense. With the aid of an FBI agent, Erin searches for witnesses to support Sharise's self-defense claim and for clues to what led Townsend to his death. Slowly a pattern emerges, one that the victim's wealthy, well-connected, and politically savvy father will do anything to keep buried. Erin's ability to navigate the intricacies of the law is just as fascinating as the subsequent perils she encounters. Gigl, an attorney, offers some enlightening insights into the workings of the legal world. Agent: Carrie Pestrito, Laura Dail Literary. (Mar.)
BookList Review
By Way of Sorrow
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Debut author Gigl's legal thriller features lawyer Erin McCabe, a transgender woman who faces family and public scrutiny when she takes on the case of Sharise Barnes, also a transgender woman, who is accused of murdering the son of a powerful New Jersey state senator. During her and her partner's investigation of the crime, McCabe discovers some evidence implicating the victim, William Townsend, Jr., in the murders of transgender women. Seeking to clear her client, McCabe endangers herself and the people helping her seek justice, including a member of the prosecution. Subplots involve the reactions of McCabe's family and McCabe's attraction to a heterosexual man. Gigl, a transgender lawyer herself, provides provocative insights into the legal system and the challenges of gender identity.