Trial by Fury
By Craig Rice
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
When club owner Jake Justus and his wife, Helene, flee a sweltering Chicago summer for rural Jackson County, Wisconsin, they expect sweet-as-apple-pie locals and calm lakes for fishing. Instead, they become the bait: When the town's two-term senator is shot to death, Jake and Helene are held as material witnesses—and, if the fathead sheriff has anything to say about it, suspects. Attorney John J. Malone comes to help out his friends, but in a town where everybody knows everybody—be it by blood, sex, or church socials—only out-of-town strangers are fit to be accused. Oh yeah? So what's their motive for the second murder? Or the third? And the fourth? To find out, Malone will turn Jackson County upside down—with pleasure—and give it a good shake. It might be easier than finding a decent bar! "The Dorothy Parker of detective fiction" is back with the unbeatable trio of sharp-witted attorney John J. Malone and snarky high-society couple Jake and Helene (William Ruehlmann). Trial by Fury is the 5th book in the John J. Malone Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Craig Rice
Craig Rice (1908–1957), born Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig, was an American author of mystery novels and short stories described as “the Dorothy Parker of detective fiction.” In 1946, she became the first mystery writer to appear on the cover of Time magazine. Best known for her character John J. Malone, a rumpled Chicago lawyer, Rice’s writing style was both gritty and humorous. She also collaborated with mystery writer Stuart Palmer on screenplays and short stories, as well as with Ed McBain on the novel The April Robin Murders.
Read more from Craig Rice
Home Sweet Homicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Innocent Bystander Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Man Who Slept All Day Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/545 Murderers: A Collection of True Crime Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crime on My Hands: A George Sanders Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Catch a Thief Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Big Midget Murders Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fourth Postman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYesterday's Murder Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Lucky Stiff Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Trial by Fury
Related ebooks
Trial by Fury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hill House: The Harry Starke Novels, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Neon Rain: A Dave Robicheaux Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bulldog Drummond at Bay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMistake Inside Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Confessor Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Corpses in Enderby Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Midsummer Night's Death: A Walter Dure "Hard Case" Mystery, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWax Apple Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5ICE MAN and Other Cold Deaths: a Six-Pack of Mysteries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath of a Rhinestone Cowboy: a novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wall Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMaxim Gunn and the Demon Plan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnder a Bright Yellow Sun: The Bronze Sword Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJunction: A Trilogy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHeir Apparent: The Sam Plank Mysteries, #6 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bag of Diamonds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Man from Primrose Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manorville Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHell's Hammer: Haunted Village Series, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Case-Book of Jimmy Lavender Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsObsessions Can Be Murder: A Girl and Her Dog Cozy Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bride of Newgate Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Shrewdness of Swindlers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArkalalah Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuiet Room Book 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPulp Fiction Chronicle: Crime, Adventure and Weird Stories. Vol. 3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Pictures: Shortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Man Who Could Not Shudder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Crime Thriller For You
The Girl Who Was Taken: A Gripping Psychological Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Club: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Nurse: A gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One of Us Is Dead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 120 Days of Sodom (Rediscovered Books): With linked Table of Contents Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Last Widow: A Will Trent Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summit Lake Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sydney Rye Mysteries Box Set Books 10-12: Sydney Rye Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 120 Days of Sodom Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cain's jawbone Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Good Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kept Woman: A Will Trent Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The ABC Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Girl, Forgotten: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5False Witness: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thirteen: The Serial Killer Isn't on Trial. He's on the Jury. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silent Wife: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Butcher Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pieces of Her: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Razorblade Tears: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Justine: Good Conduct Well Chastised Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Woman in the Library: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Notes on an Execution: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5These Silent Woods: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Word Is Murder: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder at the Book Club: A Gripping Crime Mystery that Will Keep You Guessing Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Blacktop Wasteland: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Trial by Fury
5 ratings0 reviews