James

Praise from Nelson DeMille:
"If you like South Florida crime novels, legal thrillers, and courtroom dramas, then you'll love The Mayor of Lexington Avenue, which has all three, plus some nostalgic New York City flashbacks as an added bonus.
James Sheehan, a Florida trial attorney, has created Jack Tobin, a Florida trial attorney, and one of the most interesting and complex characters I've come across in a long time. THIS IS A DEBUT NOVEL, BUT IT READS LIKE IT WAS WRITTEN BY A MASTER OF THE GENRE."
Murder in a Florida bayou sends a Miami attorney hurtling into his own past, in a riveting legal thriller.
Jack Tobin is a trial lawyer with a searing-hot reputation in Miami, far removed from his scrappy youth on the streets of New York City. But when a young Florida man is convicted of murder, Tobin is driven to repay a debt to his childhood friend Mikey, the boy who once dubbed Tobin "the Mayor of Lexington Avenue."
The bloody murder near Lake Okeechobee took place ten years ago and is now almost forgotten. But when Tobin learns it is his old friend's grown son who sits on Florida's Death Row, he is com-pelled to seek redemption - redemption on behalf of the loyal friend from the old neighborhood, redemption for Mikey's guileless son who couldn't help but appear guilty, redemption for his own conflicted memories of loyalty and sacrifice, the ones that drove him far away from New York City, long ago.
Tobin's trail of justice sets him against a series of unsavory but wily characters: a small-town police chief with less than the best intentions, a crooked judge, a weak-willed but conniving governor. He puts his own life - and the lives of those he loves - on the line when he finally goes to trial and confronts savvy criminal lawyer Jimmy DiCarlo, who knows every trick in the book and is determined to crucify Tobin in the courtroom. The dramatic conclusion mounts surprise upon surprise and will leave even the most jaded reader of legal thrillers satisfied. ----
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