The Mayor of Lexington Avenue

Written by James Sheehan

Narrated by Vincent Marzello

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.But when a young Florida man is railroaded into a murder conviction in the tiny Florida backwater of Bass Creek, Tobin is driven to pay back a debt to his best friend, the boy who once dubbed him 'the Mayor of Lexington Avenue'.

In his efforts to get the death penalty overturned, Tobin moves back to South Florida, where he finds himself up against the small-town legal establishment, where favours are routinely traded at the expense of truth, and where police corruption has become an art form.

'If you like crime novels, legal thrillers and courtroom dramas, 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.' Nelson DeMille

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House UK Audio
• Release date: Jan 27, 2011
• ISBN: 9781446461105

James Sheehan

James Sheehan is a former trial lawyer who currently teaches at a law school in Florida. Deadball is his fifth book. His prior works were The Mayor of Lexington Avenue, The Law of Second Chances, The Lawyers Lawyer, and The Alligator Man.

Reviews for The Mayor of Lexington Avenue

[msprint_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The book could have had some hard editing. It was a good read and the issue of capital punishment in the US was a central theme along with police corruption. The storyline was OK if a bit sentimental. The author is a trial lawyer so should know what he is talking about.