The Indictment

Dan Sheridan #1

by Barry Reed

A beautiful young woman has just been found dead on the outskirts of Boston. The last person to see her alive was Dr. Christopher Dillard, a wealthy and prominent surgeon, but the police soon discover that Dr. Dillard has no alibi for the time of the murder. Boston's District Attorney Neil Harrington, who is running a Senatorial campaign, sees the Dillard case as an opportunity to take an anti-crime stance that will attract publicity for his own political advancement. When Harrington calls a grand jury to indict the surgeon, Dr. Dillard goes to Dan Sheridan, an ex-cop turned defense-attorney, for help. Sheridan is skeptical but decides to take on Dr. Dillard as a client. The Indictment unfolds with unexpected repercussions, and Sheridan finds himself caught in the web of Harrington's political struggle - a pawn in a system that pits professional advancement against personal justice.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery

Hardcover

First published September 20, 1994

About the author

Graduate of Holy Cross and Boston College Law School.

Boston attorney who was a recipient of the Clarence Darrow Award for trial excellence, was a past president of the Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association, a former governor of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers and a co-founder of the American Society of Law and Medicine.

Reviews

[Gerry Durisin · Rating 2 out of 5]

By the author of The Verdict, a police/courtroom procedural novel about the grand jury investigation of a murder. The victim, a wealthy female art dealer, may also be a drug dealer, or a gun runner, or the secret girlfriend of the DA who wants to be Senator, or all of the above. A prominent physician is being framed for her murder -- or is he really guilty? Poorly plotted, with too many confusing twists and insinuations that never really get answered.

[Hazel Hanford · Rating 1 out of 5]

Omg it took me weeks to finish this awful book. I almost DNF but I persisted!

It was very slow, plodding, with too much descriptions, even at the end. The author was still introducing new characters & meticulously describing them - at the end! Who cares?! Just confirm to us who done it!

I do not recommend this book.

[Rachel Day · Rating 5 out of 5]

Twists and turns abound in this suspense-filled novel!! If you enjoy a convoluted story, you're going to love this one!!

[Bob Box · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read in 1995. With keen insight and detail this novel depicts the seamy underside of an urban legal system.

[Cws]

M Ree

[Loraine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written, good pace, kept me reading.

[Toesnorth's mom]

good