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Book details
  • Genre:FICTION
  • SubGenre:Thrillers / General
  • Language:English
  • Series title:A Ravonne Lemmelle Legal Thriller
  • Series Number:1
  • Pages:404
  • eBook ISBN:9781939665096

Murder in Germantown

A Ravonne Lemmelle Legal Thriller

by Rahiem Brooks

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Overview
Brooks reincarnates Ben Matlock with his splendid and sarcastic criminal defense attorney, Ravonne Lemmelle. The first legal thriller in a series set to rival any police procedural. If you love Law and Order, wait until you get a load of Murder in Germantown.Brooks reincarnates Ben Matlock with his splendid and sarcastic criminal defense attorney, Ravonne Lemmelle. The first legal thriller in a series set to rival any police procedural. If you love Law and Order, wait until you get a load of Murder in Germantown.
Description
A smooth, savvy, sardonic, gay, criminal law attorney, Ravonne Lemmelle has been hired fresh out of Harvard Law School to Savino, Martir and Associates, a large Philadelphia firm. A recently separated, single father of one, with a few acquittals under his belt, he’s got a soft spot for no one, but the law. On a dark January morning, Wydell James was arrested for killing several people attending a party in Germantown: a section of North Philadelphia. Now he’s in a jail cell with no one to turn too, but his childhood friend, Ravonne Lemmelle. One thing makes Ravonne feel powerful; forcing prosecutors to dig deep into their legal coffers to sit across the courtroom from him. His investigation turns up more suspects, a new purpose to kill, and Ravonne realizes the power is closer—and more obtainable—than he could ever possibly known. Things become more complex when two people enters his life: his estranged wife and a serial killer. But Ravonne’s one purpose: an acquittal for Wydell James.
About the author
Rahiem Jerome Brooks is the breakout novelist and is a member of the Mystery Writer's of America. His debut thriller, LAUGH NOW won 2010 African-Americans on the Move Book Club's (AAMBC) Book of the Year & he earned 2011 AAMBC Author of the Year. LAUGH NOW also the Most Creative Plot at the DMV Expo's Creative Excellent Awards. Rahiem was also nominated at the 2011 & 2012 African-American Literary Awards for Mystery of the Year for Con Test and Murder in Germantown. Rahiem Brooks worked on a Film/TV certificate program at University of California, Los Angeles; however, he currently studies journalism at Harvard University. He permanently resides in Philadelphia, PA.