Worthy Browns Daughter, Phillip Margolin
Worthy Browns Daughter, Phillip Margolin
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Worthy Brown's Daughter

Author: Phillip Margolin

Narrator: Jason Culp

Unabridged: 8 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/21/2014


Synopsis

Known for his critically acclaimed contemporary thrillers, New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin explores intriguing new territory in Worthy Brown's Daughter, a compelling historical drama, set in nineteenth-century Oregon, that combines a heartbreaking story of slavery and murder with classic Margolin plot twists.One of a handful of lawyers in the new state of Oregon, recently widowed Matthew Penny agrees to help Worthy Brown, a newly freed slave, rescue his fifteen year old daughter, Roxanne, from their former master, a powerful Portland lawyer. Worthy's lawsuit sets in motion events that lead to Worthy's arrest for murder and create an agonizing moral dilemma that could send either Worthy or Matthew to the hangman.At the same time, hanging judge Jed Tyler, a powerful politician with a barren personal life, becomes infatuated with a beautiful gold-digger who is scheming to murder Benjamin Gillette, Oregon's wealthiest businessman. When Gillette appears to die from natural causes, Sharon Hill produces a forged contract of marriage and Tyler must decide if he will sacrifice his reputation to defend that of the woman who inspired his irrational obsession.At Worthy's trial, Matthew saves Worthy by producing a stunning courtroom surprise and his attempt to stop the deadly fortune hunter ends in a violent climax.

About Phillip Margolin

Phillip Margolin has written nineteen novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers, including his latest novels Woman with a Gun, Worthy Brown’s Daughter, Sleight of Hand, and the Washington trilogy. Each displays a unique, compelling insider’s view of criminal behavior, which comes from his long background as a criminal defense attorney who has handled thirty murder cases. Winner of the Distinguished Northwest Writer Award, he lives in Portland, Oregon.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer on March 07, 2014

I so wanted to like this book more than I did. It has a great premise based on a true story: a man agrees to free his slaves once they help him get settled in Oregon, but he reneges in part of his deal, leaving a young woman as his indentured slave. What could have, and should have, been a fascinati......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on November 17, 2013

Worthy Brown is a humble man. He works hard for what he wants. For example he was a slave but now he is finally a free man. Not without a lot of hard work and pain. If there was any other way Mr. Brown would take it but there is not. Thus he takes himself down to Matthew Penny's office. Mr. Penny is......more

Goodreads review by Caryperk on May 21, 2014

Sadly disappointed in this Oregon historical fiction. Loosely based on a true story of a slave who is emancipated, and whose child is not released by the wealthy land owner, so the fight for her release ensues. I was hoping for a less Harlequin Romancey story, complete with its light sex scenes, rap......more