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When it’s good, there is no more riveting fiction genre than a legal thriller, and Shaiken’s Automatic Stay is among the best you will read.
As with Shaiken’s “Fresh Start” it’s less about the destination than the journey, where the stakes have become so high that lives and corporations are potentially on the table.
There are plenty of legal thrillers which traipse down familiar corridors worn smooth by countless other novels about the law but Shaiken’s series is very particular in that the courtroom pyrotechnics and legal manoeuvres are equally matched by the ethical struggle. And as he clearly demonstrated in “Fresh Start” Shaiken has a knack for creating strong characters and situations that resonate with tension as he crafts excellent set-ups and payoffs.
Returning to centre stage is Josephina Jillian Jones, known to her friends as 3J, and once again we get a strong sense of the legal culture she inhabits. She has a quiet authority, projects a strong self-image and in the best tradition of legal thrillers of this sort she ticks all the right boxes on an intellectual, procedural and emotional level.
Drawing on a parade of colourful supporting characters Automatic Stay is coaxed along by Shaiken’s considerable skills as a brisk, methodical author who knows his subject inside out. He’s adept at suggesting unseen menace and keeping things in motion with key characters, Pascale, Judge Robertson, Aaronson and Phillip Dewey uniformly outstanding as he fuses suspense and a powerful plot to create a read that vibrates with energy and will keep readers on the edge of their seats throughout.
A legal thriller with a cutting-edge Automatic Stay proves a superb sequel to Fresh Start and is an unreservedly recommended five-star read!
A welcome addition to A.D. Lewis’s plethora of creative offerings, ‘A king amongst us’ reveals its literary strength from the start, weaving language devices with a convincing central character to create powerful imagery and an immersive sensory experience.
Kathleen Boucher builds on her previous success with her new confidence-building journal ‘Nine Ways to Empower Tweens #lifeskills’. Following on from her previous award-winning books for younger children, Boucher gives accessible and motivational advice on continuing the journey of life towards positivity and success.
The magical allure of time travel has held a fascination for the layman and scientist alike. Indeed, no well-read individual can think of time travel without their mind creeping back to H.G Wells.
When Huffpost Editor-in-chief Jimmy Leach announced the closure of its blogging platform he said that “publishing thousands of blogs has been a distraction from the delivery of impactful, targeted investigations, explainers, breaking news and lifestyle and entertainment journalism.”
Having a strong relationship with Europe has allowed British publishers to enjoy the financial benefits that come with exclusive English-language rights to books sold continent-wide. Britain risks losing these benefits post-Brexit.
George Macdonald, when asked the reason for his chosen genre, replied,
“I write, not for the children, but for the child-like, whether they be five, or fifty, or seventy five”
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