Lion Plays Rough

Name: Lion Plays Rough
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Lachlan Smith
ISBN: 9781622311873

Author: Lachlan Smith

Narrator: R. C. Bray

Unabridged: 6 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 01/28/2014

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

Leo Maxwell thinks he’s found a career-making case when a mysterious woman nearly runs him down, then appears at his office to hire him to defend her brother on a murder charge. One problem: Leo hasn’t actually met the client when he sets out to investigate what seems like a hot tip on a burgeoning scandal in the Oakland Police Department. When he presents evidence of deep-set corruption in the Department to the District Attorney’s office, he quickly learns that all is not as it seems, beginning with Leo’s client and the alluring woman who hired him. Leo’s “client,” as he learns to his humiliation, is actually represented by Nikki Matson, one of Oakland’s most notorious gangland lawyers. What’s more, the client knows nothing about Leo being hired to defend him and claims not even to have a sister.

Soon after Leo realizes that he’s been set up by unknown persons to be the number one enemy of both the police and the gangs, he also discovers he’s also being framed for Matson’s murder. He knows he’s a marked man unless he can bring those responsible to justice. Bodies pile up as Leo closes in on his tormenters, while at the same time, they are closing in on him.

About Lachlan Smith

Lachlan Smith was a Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford and received an MFA from Cornell. He has written four previous books in the Leo Maxwell Mystery series: Bear Is Broken, which won the 2014 Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel, Lion Plays Rough, Fox Is Framed, and Panther's Prey. Smith's fiction has also appeared in the Best New American Voices series. In addition to writing novels, he is an attorney practicing in the area of civil rights and employment law. He lives in Alabama.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on December 01, 2021

In this second book in the 'Leo Maxwell' series, the defense attorney is hired to help a young man who's ostensibly been set up by a corrupt cop. The mystery can be read as a standalone. ***** Defense attorney Leo Maxwell works in Jeanie Maxwell's law firm in Oakland, California. Jeanie is the ex-wif......more

Goodreads review by Tayari on November 25, 2013

I really liked this book and I will certainly be following the series. (I don't think that I will read the first book because this one contains so many spoilers that I don't see the need.) There is much to recommend this novel. For one, it is a PLEASURE to read a mystery from the point of view of the......more

Goodreads review by Kevintipple on April 08, 2014

Teddy Maxwell had been the best criminal defense lawyer in town though he certainly wasn’t the most ethical. A gunshot to the head took him down and pretty much stopped his legal career. These days while he does show up at the office, he has a hard time with memory issues and various cognitive probl......more

Goodreads review by Don on May 03, 2022

(2 1/2). Man, I have no idea of how the title of this book interacts with anything, but luckily, it does not matter. If your only legal thriller turn on is John Grisham, you will not like this book, because Leo Maxwell, is a beer drinking, rough around the edges fun guy. The story is a little all ov......more

Goodreads review by Katrina on February 27, 2014

Goodreads Win! Will read and review once received! I found this book to be quite interesting. It captivated my attention from the beginning to the very end. When I first got this book I didn't realize there was one before this one. Even without reading it, it was too confusing. I really liked how it......more