"Bronswijk, Ineke van." . . . . "Philadelphia (Pa.)" . . "English fiction" . . "United States" . . "FICTION Mystery & Detective General." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Meineed" . . . "Hostile witness"@en . "Hostile witness" . . . . "A struggling lawyer jumps at an offer by a prestigious law firm to defend one of two crooks on trial, only to discover the firm has marked his client as the fall guy. Set in Philadelphia, the novel looks at the dirty tricks of the legal profession." . . . . "A struggling lawyer jumps at an offer by a prestigious law firm to defend one of two crooks on trial, only to discover the firm has marked his client as the fall guy. Set in Philadelphia, the novel looks at the dirty tricks of the legal profession."@en . . . "Hostile witness : a novel"@en . "Hostile witness : a novel" . . "Struggling to survive in his meager two-member partnership, Philadelphia lawyer Victor Carl is asked to represent a chief aide to a crooked councilman, who wants Carl to play along while the aide is set up."@en . "Les prévaricateurs" . "Met een ambitieuze jonge advocaat wordt een juridisch spelletje gespeeld als hij wordt ingehuurd om de van moord beschuldigde lijfwacht van een politicus te verdedigen." . "Testimone contro"@it . . . "Testimone contro" . . . . . . "Translations" . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . . . . . "Large type books" . "Hostile witness a novel"@en . . . . . . . . . "Victor Carl is a hungry, young Philadelphia lawyer who knows what he wants. The only problem is, nobody wants to give it to him. As his own debts and bitterness threaten to drive him out of the law, Victor receives the sort of prospect he's been craving since law school. Opportunity knocks in the form of Philadelphia blue blood and rainmaker William Prescott, who offers to hire Victor to help with his firm's defense of Jimmy Moore, a legendary councilman being charged with murder and racketeering. All Victor must do is follow Prescott's lead in the case, and fame, not to mention a whole host of lucrative new clients, will be his for the taking. It's not long, however, before Victor discovers that this dream offer is closer to a Faustian nightmare. Faced with the prospect of sending a potentially innocent man to his death, Victor becomes a pawn in a deadly game that may have lethal consequences for both himself and his client." . . . . "Hostile Witness" . . . . . . "Hostile witness"@it . "Hostile witness" . . . . "Mystery fiction"@en . "Detective and mystery stories" . "Hard-luck Philadelphia lawyer Victor Carl is just itching for the opportunity to sell out. Then good fortune comes knocking at his door in the guise of William Prescott III, a blue-blood attorney from one of the city's most prestigious firms. Prescott wants Victor to represent a councilman's aide who is on trial, along with his boss, for extortion, arson, and murder. It's the juiciest, highest-profile courtroom extravaganza in years -- and all Carl has to do is show up, shut up, and follow Prescott's lead.</ But it soon becomes clear that somene's setting him and his client up to take a long, hard fall. Victor Carl may be desperate and unethical but he's no one's patsy. And to survive in this legal snake pit of secrets, lies, and lethal double-crosses, he's going to play the game his way.</"@en . "Mystery fiction" . "Legal stories"@en . "Legal stories" . . "FICTION Legal." . . "FICTION / General." . . "Fiction." . .