Expert testimony / Grif Stockley

By:

Stockley, Grif [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Gideon Page ; book 1Publisher: New York : Ivy Books, 1992Edition: First Ballantine Books editionDescription: 313 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0804110948

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Genre/Form:

Detective and mystery fiction

DDC classification:

Summary: Meet Gideon Page - wry public defender, widower caught between grief and desire and a new hero for mystery fans. Powerful Arkansas state senator Hart Anderson has been gunned down by Perry Sarver, a patient of Anderson's psychiatrist wife, Carolyn. Sarver's defense has been assigned to public defender Page who, representing a surly client accused of murdering the state's most popular politician, finds himself in a classic no-win situation. As Page uncovers various motives, the question of Sarver's mental capacity becomes an issue. Through the lawyer's interviews with doctors and lay witnesses, the reader is treated to a clear, comprehensible education regarding the insanity plea and its utilization. Meanwhile, Page struggles to give focus and structure to his personal life, including the upbringing of his daughter.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Sta. Lucia Branch Fiction Area	Fiction	Fic St865g bk. 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	128776d

Meet Gideon Page - wry public defender, widower caught between grief and desire and a new hero for mystery fans. Powerful Arkansas state senator Hart Anderson has been gunned down by Perry Sarver, a patient of Anderson's psychiatrist wife, Carolyn. Sarver's defense has been assigned to public defender Page who, representing a surly client accused of murdering the state's most popular politician, finds himself in a classic no-win situation. As Page uncovers various motives, the question of Sarver's mental capacity becomes an issue. Through the lawyer's interviews with doctors and lay witnesses, the reader is treated to a clear, comprehensible education regarding the insanity plea and its utilization. Meanwhile, Page struggles to give focus and structure to his personal life, including the upbringing of his daughter.

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