“Bound by Justice, Unleashed by Imagination: The Enthralling Chronicles of Law, Fiction, and Thriller-Suspense”
Step into a world where the hallowed halls of justice merge seamlessly with the untamed realms of fiction and the heart-pounding depths of thrilling suspense. Here is a captivating collection of literary gems that intertwine the essence of law, the power of imagination, and the relentless grip of suspense.
Learn More
book collections
Death at Helicon Heights
It is the fourth in the series, following on the wonderful reception of the three previous releases: “The Impossible Mock Orange Trial,” “The Vow: Ted Born‘s Last Trial.” and “The Jury Has a Verdict.” This newest book not only involves a trial but also the struggle – and ultimate demise – of a young entrepreneur who tries to expand the cultural boundaries of her community and beyond, a death foreseen by a psychic. The death is shrouded darkly by questions surrounding the circumstances of her death. A bit of Greek mythology and Greek tragedy is a thread that pervades the novel. It all leads to the fundamental question that all four of these novels have raised: WHAT IS JUSTICE?
The Impossible Mock Orange Trial
Ted Born and a young untested associate were called upon to defend a tough – seemingly impossible – lawsuit in one of the most challenging county courts in the United States. The facts looked bad: the client was a tire manufacturer of a tire that blew out, followed by a vehicular crash resulting in a child’s death, a brain injury for another child, and other serious injuries.
The Jury Has a Verdict!
The Jury Has a Verdict! is the third of a trilogy of legal Courtroom dramas/thrillers featuring fictitious attorney Ted Born, and it is a prequel to the first two: The Impossible Mock Orange Trial and The Vow: Ted Born’s Last Trial. While denominated as Courtroom dramas/thrillers, all three of the books narrate the struggles of an ethical lawyer trying to achieve his conception of justice for his clients, often in the face of heavy odds against him.
The Vow: Ted Born's Last Trial
This is the second of a series of “Ted Born” novels involving a fictitious lawyer who happens to attract very challenging lawsuits, a sequel to the other recently released Ted Born novel, “The Impossible Mock Orange Trial,” this time set some fifteen years later than the events of that first release.
Affectionately Frances
A great bonus is this book by the author’s wife, Carolyn Wilson Long – “Affectionately Frances.” This is not fiction but tales drawn from letters of the author’s aunt, Frances Harris Baker, who worked with the U.S. Foreign Service and Voice of America in the years following World War II. Mrs. Baker’s writing is colorful and often hilarious as she describes her experiences, such as being offered the purchase of a mongoose “to keep the cobras away.” But there are also frightening scenes of living through the guns and bullets of conflicts in Lebanon. Not a long book, but captivating. Frances always signed her letters home, “Affectionately Frances.” This book is not only entertaining and well-written; it also reminds us what the world beyond the United States was like in the aftermath of World War II.
Read More Below ↓
The Author
Thad Long
Thad Long is a versatile attorney, with decades of practice handling difficult trials and other matters for defendants and plaintiffs in a changing litigious environment. Mr. Long took his undergraduate degree from Columbia University with a major in physics and his law degree from the University of Virginia where he served as Comments & Projects Editor of the Virginia Law Review and tapped for Order of the Coif.
book reVIEWS
What the readers are saying
reviews in total
Get the kindle Now!
Read Online. Make your reading easy and accessible anytime anywhere.
book recommendation!
Affectionately Frances
Carolyn Wilson Long, former educator, and current community volunteer took her undergraduate degree from Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia, during which time she spent a year in studies in Paris, then took her Master’s degree in History from the
The University of Alabama. More recently, she sorted through numerous letters written by her favorite aunt, Frances Harris Baker, describing the life of a woman in the State Department Foreign Service and Voice of America during the post-World War II Cold
War era. Those letters fascinated the author, portraying sometimes frightening incidents such as civil war fighting in Lebanon, as well as humorous incidents such as the time a street vendor in Calcutta offered to sell her a mongoose “to keep the cobras away.” Her Aunt Frances unfailingly told about her extraordinary life adventures in colorful and engaging language. The author thought that stitching together a narrative based on her aunt’s letters would be of interest to many others, so this fine book is the culmination of her efforts – not a long book, but a delightful book, with historical value as well. The author is the wife of Thad G. Long whose books are also featured in these
pages.
