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Bear is Broken (Leo Maxwell)

di Lachlan Smith

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Serie: Leo Maxwell Mystery (1)

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"Leo Maxwell grew up in the shadow of his older brother, Teddy, a successful yet reviled criminal defense attorney who racked up enemies as quickly as he racked up acquittals. As children, their father was jailed for the murder of their mother, and Teddy was left to care for Leo who tried to emulate his older brother, even following him into the legal profession. The two are at lunch one day when Teddy, supposed to give the closing argument of his current trial that afternoon, is shot: in public, in cold blood, the shooter escaping without Leo being able to identify him. As Teddy lies in a coma, Leo comes to the conclusion that the search for his brother's shooter falls upon him and him alone, as his brother's enemies were not merely the scum on the street but embedded within the police department as well. As he begins to examine the life of a brother he realizes he barely knew, Leo quickly realizes that the list of possible suspects is much larger than he could have imagined. The deeper Leo digs into Teddy's life, the more questions arise: questions about Teddy and his ex-wife, questions about the history of the Maxwell family, even questions about the murder that tore their family apart all those years ago. And somewhere, the person who shot his brother is still on the loose, and there are many who would happily kill Leo in order to keep it that way" -- Amazon.com.… (altro)
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I need to admit that I did not finish this book. I got 3/4ths in and gave up. The story was contrived and the writing was terrible. The reader did an ok job. ( )
  susandennis | Jun 5, 2020 |
Leo Maxwell was raised from the age of 10 by his brother, Teddy Maxwell, who was 12 years his senior who became a prominent San Francisco defense attorney. At the beginning of the story Leo has just passed the Bar and is now Teddy's belittled "gopher"--still over-shadowed by Teddy's aggressive personality and arrogance. When Teddy is shot in the head as they eat lunch at a local San Francisco restaurant, Leo is left to pick up the pieces including that of their father who is in prison for killing their mother 19 years before. This beautifully written novel draws you into the lives of these two young men and leaves you, at the end of the journey, a bit dizzy from the twists and turns of the plots (intentionally plural) and emotionally drained by the passions exposed in the study of the relationship between these two men. ( )
  SmithfieldJones | Feb 17, 2019 |
Excellent effort- especially for a first time novelist. Likable, believable characters and a twisty-turny mystery. The set up in this first novel will play out nicely in what I can only presume will be a series. I do not understand the title - at all. Very fast, entertaining read. ( )
  Maureen_McCombs | Aug 19, 2016 |
There are a lot of crime/legal thrillers out there and this one falls in the middle of the pack. A young lawyer's brother (also a lawyer) is gunned down in the middle of a crowded restaurant and that act begins a convoluted tail of who killed Teddy. This book starts out with a LOT of promise but it slowly loses its way about mid-way through. The author tried hard to provide lots of odd coincidences and random characters who all, at first, seem unconnected.

We follow Leo, the young lawyer through all of the what-ifs, while also wondering if the brother Teddy will survive. Unfortunately, the author tried to do too much and tried to weave the elaborate tale of suspense. It's a decent read, but I found myself speed-reading through it so I could find out WHO DUNNIT. The author gave us so many scenarios that after a while NONE of them seemed believable.

The end and final reveal of the killer was flat and very disappointing. It's like he rushed the last third of the book just so he could finish by the deadline. I hope the author fleshes out Leo in the subsequent books and maybe improve his story-telling. ( )
  louisianagirl91 | Sep 20, 2014 |
There are a lot of crime/legal thrillers out there and this one falls in the middle of the pack. A young lawyer's brother (also a lawyer) is gunned down in the middle of a crowded restaurant and that act begins a convoluted tail of who killed Teddy. This book starts out with a LOT of promise but it slowly loses its way about mid-way through. The author tried hard to provide lots of odd coincidences and random characters who all, at first, seem unconnected.

We follow Leo, the young lawyer through all of the what-ifs, while also wondering if the brother Teddy will survive. Unfortunately, the author tried to do too much and tried to weave the elaborate tale of suspense. It's a decent read, but I found myself speed-reading through it so I could find out WHO DUNNIT. The author gave us so many scenarios that after a while NONE of them seemed believable.

The end and final reveal of the killer was flat and very disappointing. It's like he rushed the last third of the book just so he could finish by the deadline. I hope the author fleshes out Leo in the subsequent books and maybe improve his story-telling. ( )
  louisianagirl91 | Sep 20, 2014 |
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Bray, R. C.Narratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato

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"Leo Maxwell grew up in the shadow of his older brother, Teddy, a successful yet reviled criminal defense attorney who racked up enemies as quickly as he racked up acquittals. As children, their father was jailed for the murder of their mother, and Teddy was left to care for Leo who tried to emulate his older brother, even following him into the legal profession. The two are at lunch one day when Teddy, supposed to give the closing argument of his current trial that afternoon, is shot: in public, in cold blood, the shooter escaping without Leo being able to identify him. As Teddy lies in a coma, Leo comes to the conclusion that the search for his brother's shooter falls upon him and him alone, as his brother's enemies were not merely the scum on the street but embedded within the police department as well. As he begins to examine the life of a brother he realizes he barely knew, Leo quickly realizes that the list of possible suspects is much larger than he could have imagined. The deeper Leo digs into Teddy's life, the more questions arise: questions about Teddy and his ex-wife, questions about the history of the Maxwell family, even questions about the murder that tore their family apart all those years ago. And somewhere, the person who shot his brother is still on the loose, and there are many who would happily kill Leo in order to keep it that way" -- Amazon.com.

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