The Price of Victory - Softcover

Green, Vincent S.

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ISBN 10: 0451176480 ISBN 13: 9780451176486

Publisher: Signet, 1993

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As his marriage crumbles, defense attorney Captain Jack Hayes devotes all his energy to defending former Green Beret Sergeant Billy Frazier, accused of being the biggest drug dealer in the U. S. Army. Reprint.

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From Kirkus Reviews:

In this crackerjack first novel of military justice--in and out of the courtroom--Capt. Jack Hayes, assigned to defend Sgt. Billy Frazier on charges of massive drug selling, probes patiently for the weak links in the prosecution's case: the alleged Amsterdam connection denies knowing Frazier; one of the Army's two witnesses against Frazier, an admitted dealer who's testifying for a reduced sentence, gets blown up before he can take the stand; and the surviving witness, Lt. Robert McCormick, is a pumped-up soldier of fortune, a stone killer already doing 99 years for simulating a terrorist attack (with real bombs and bullets) in order to prep his men for war with Russia. Jack realizes his case won't be won on the evidence, though, but on the whims of the skeptical jury and the rulings and interpretations of Judge DiMarco (dubbed ``the Whopper'' for his gigantic sentences); and he doesn't foresee a rebuttal witness who can trash his defense in ten minutes, a witness who'll force him to a strategy that could land him in jail along with his client. Just about perfect in its control of the ebb and flow of each scene, and of Jack's conduct of the case as a whole: must reading for fans of courtroom drama. -- Copyright �1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

From Library Journal:

Sergeant Billy Frazier, a decorated war hero, is accused of drug dealing by an insane officer and a fellow sergeant. Captain Jack Hayes, assigned to defend him, must discover whether Frazier is the mastermind behind the biggest drug ring in Europe or simply a victim of circumstances. Hayes's investigation takes him from the streets of Frankfurt to the back alleys of Amsterdam in a narrowly focused first novel short on description and long on courtroom drama. Readers who enjoy trial action will appreciate the realistic portrayal of a court martial, buttressed by the author's own legal experience. But Green salts his story with military jargon that, in the absence of contextual clues, will baffle those unfamiliar with the armed forces. For medium and larger fiction collections.
- Grant A. Fredericksen, Illinois Prairie District P.L., Metamora
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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