tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post6335632378417250252..comments2024-03-28T13:27:46.447-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction ShortlistBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-54283682928419931252016-08-04T03:05:30.060-06:002016-08-04T03:05:30.060-06:00Agree, lawyers as heroes. Reminds me of Grisham&#...Agree, lawyers as heroes. Reminds me of Grisham's A Time to Kill and then Sycamore Row, with several other books in-between.<br /><br />This goes back to my Perry Mason days as a teenager. But, as you say, in real life, few witnesses confess on the stand. But it made for great TV. I still remember those fantastic denouements with Raymond Burr.<br /><br />I think that's what started off the love of legal mysteries; that and the TV series "The Defenders" in my teen years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-19104780567398457132016-06-16T23:59:54.268-06:002016-06-16T23:59:54.268-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. I have several rec...Margot: Thanks for the comment. I have several recommendations for Locke's book.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-71172413607833388812016-06-16T23:58:52.582-06:002016-06-16T23:58:52.582-06:00Kathy D.: I am always up for the lawyer as hero.Kathy D.: I am always up for the lawyer as hero.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-58743898474287379752016-06-15T05:11:00.679-06:002016-06-15T05:11:00.679-06:00I like Attick Locke's work quite a lot, Bill, ...I like Attick Locke's work quite a lot, Bill, so I admit I'm biased. But still,l I do hope you'll like it. And I'm looking forward to your reviews of the other finalists, too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-67423424524315150782016-06-15T02:43:58.484-06:002016-06-15T02:43:58.484-06:00Pleasantville is excellent, one of my favorite boo...Pleasantville is excellent, one of my favorite books of the year so far. A lawyer is the hero, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com