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Political thriller? International thriller? Financial thriller? Whatever you call it, The Ascendant is smart, edgy, fast-paced storytelling at its best. Its unlikely hero, Garrett Reilly, reminded me of a young Jack Reacher as a tech-sa What I said: “Political thriller? International thriller? Financial thriller? Whatever you call it, The Ascendant is smart, edgy, fast-paced storytelling at its best. Its unlikely hero, Garrett Reilly, reminded me of a young Jack Reacher as a tech-savvy bond analyst. Drew Chapman is a debut novelist to watch.

Topics: Smart, Hero, Political, Debut, Fast Paced

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In our system, we leave questions of fact to a jury. But to render a verdict, a jury must know the law. For this, we rely upon jury instructions. Instructions are supposed to translate the law into lay terms that the jury can apply to the facts as they determine them.

source: - "What You May Not Know About the Zimmerman Verdict: The Evolution of a Jury Instruction" by Alafair Burke, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 15, 2013.

Topics: Law, Facts, Instruction

According to FBI statistics for 2008, only 22 percent of murder victims were killed by strangers. More than 30 percent were slain by family members, boyfriends, and girlfriends. Nearly half of all murders were committed by friends, neighbors, and casual acquaintances.

Topics: Girlfriend, Half, Statistics, Murder Victims, Boyfriend And Girlfriend

The best crime novels are all based on people keeping secrets. All lying - you may think a lie is harmless, but you put them all together and there's a calamity.

Topics: Lying, Thinking, Keeping Secrets, Crime Novels

Playing well with others isn't all it's cracked up to be.

source: - Alafair Burke (2004). “Judgment Calls”, p.303, Macmillan

Topics: Etiquette, Wells

Anyone who's had a shower and hasn't ingested illegal narcotics within a couple of days stands out on a bench in the courthouse.

source: - Alafair Burke (2004). “Judgment Calls”, p.159, Macmillan

Topics: Couple, Benches, Standing Out, Courthouses

Apparently, an undocumented side effect of dope is a gross overestimation of one's own intelligence. Dopers become convinced they've hidden their stash so well a cop won't find it. They're always wrong.

source: - Alafair Burke (2004). “Judgment Calls”, p.51, Macmillan

Topics: Dope, Intelligence, Sides, Side Effects

Apathy is grossly undervalued and never there for me when I need it.

source: - Alafair Burke (2004). “Judgment Calls”, p.18, Macmillan

Topics: Apathy, Needs, Undervalued

Before we condemn the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman, we should remember that they were asked to do something extraordinary. They were asked to listen to the facts and apply the law to the best of their ability in a case the world was watching.

source: - "What You May Not Know About the Zimmerman Verdict: The Evolution of a Jury Instruction" by Alafair Burke, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 15, 2013.

Topics: Law, World, Zimmerman, Jurors

No Time For Goodbye is a deliciously smart thriller, full of surprises and perfect pacing. I'm jealous I didn't write it.

Topics: Goodbye, Smart, Jealous, Pacing

Nothing worse than reading a love scene written by your father.

Topics: Father, Reading, Scene

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