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Trial by Fury (The John J. Malone Mysteries) Kindle Edition

by Craig Rice (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
A Chicago lawyer must save his big-city friends from small-town corruption in this “triumphantly rowdy” mystery (Time) that’s also “exciting [and] hard as nails” (The New Yorker).
 
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.
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  1. Book 5 of 14
    The John J. Malone Mysteries
  2. Print length
    209 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
  5. Publication date
    March 20, 2018
  6. File size
    5.1 MB
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“If zaniness is intoxicating, then consider Trial by Fury fully soused. Every page is saturated with [Rice’s] inimitable wit.” —PulpSerenade.com
 

About the Author

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.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B079GMFY2B
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (March 20, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 20, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5.1 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 209 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

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  • richard wright
    5.0 out of 5 stars old time classic
    Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2016
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    i love these old paperbacks it's like being back when i was young and use to read them for it's age book was in great condition it arrived on time
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  • Customer Cathy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious Mystery
    Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2018
    Jake and Helene stop at a hick town to get a marriage license and end up in the middle of a murder investigation. Because they are the strangers in town, they are the prime suspects. Malone has to travel to the small town, figure out who killed the victim, and get his friends out of trouble
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  • R. Jones
    4.0 out of 5 stars John J. Malone And Friends Solve A Murder In Wisconsin
    Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2024
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    The fifth of Craig Rice’s John J. Malone mysteries takes the lawyer and his friends Jake and Helene Justus out of Chicago and puts them in the middle of a crime wave (consisting of four murders) in a small town in Wisconsin. It’s a nice change, and gives Rice the opportunity to dissect small town life with her discerning eye. The characters are nicely delineated, the plot is well constructed, and there are moments of real suspense, which isn’t the case in the first four books in the series. This entry isn’t as flat-out funny as some of the earlier books, but that’s fine - it’s just as entertaining. Malone even gets somewhat philosophical, which is something new for him. It’s a nice addition.
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