The Right to Remain Silent by Charles Brandt - ISBN: 9781586422639
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Framed cop seeks justice, battles silence in a changed legal landscape.

The Right to Remain Silent

A Novel

$34.93

  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    25 February 2020

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Summary

Page-turning detective fiction from the author of I Heard You Paint Houses / The Irishman, who was himself a homicide investigator and prosecutor.

Wisecracking cop Lou Razzi’s zeal, dedication, and talent for extracting information from suspects make him destined to rise quickly through the ranks … until a frame-up sends him to jail for two years. He loses his career, his marriage, and his baby daughter. Following his release from prison, he leaves the country for a …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781586422639
ISBN-10:1586422634
Author:Charles Brandt
Publisher:Steerforth Press
Imprint:Steerforth Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:25 February 2020
Weight:360g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
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Critics Review

“There is simply no doubt the author speaks authoritatively.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Strong and vivid.” — The New York Times Book Review

“Not to be Missed.” — The Sunday Times

“Detailed, realistic, and with excellent character development and motivation, this is as good as … Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent.Library Journal

“Forceful, vibrant, highly-charged.” Booklist

“Intriguing … action-filled … An entertaining intelligent look at police work and the law.” The News Journal (Wilmington)

“Brandt writes with energy and an insider’s knowledge of the criminal justice system.” — The Birmingham (AL) News

“Unique insights … blending a fast pace with realistic detail.” Richmond Times-Dispatch
“A winner! … Lots of action, a crazed vigilante, a couple of murders, a little romance…fascinating.” — Knight Ridder Newspapers

“Just when you think all the angles have been written and the stories told, along comes someone like Brandt …” — The Star-Banner (FL)

“An excellent, wonderfully entertaining crime story. From beginning to end, a superb page-turner with an expert’s eye throughout.” —Robert K. Tanenbaum

About The Author

Charles Brandt

Born and raised in New York City, Charles Brandt is a former junior high school English teacher, welfare investigator in East Harlem, homicide prosecutor, and Chief Deputy Attorney General of the state of Delaware. In private practice since 1976, he has been president of the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association and the Delaware Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is the author of I Heard You Paint Houses, the inspiration for Martin Scorsese’s film The Irishman, and co-author of Joe Pistone’s Donnie Brasco- Unfinished Business and of Lin DeVecchio’s We’re Going to Win This Thing- The Shocking Frame-Up of a Mafia Crime Buster.

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