Defender of the innocent
Subtitle: the casebook of Martin Ehrengraf
By: Lawrence Block
Edition: First Subterranean Press edition, Deluxe hardcover edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781596066670
Subjects: Murder; Investigation; American Short stories; Criminal defense lawyers; Criminal behavior; Fiction
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "Martin H. Ehrengraf, dapper and diabolical, may be Lawrence Block's darkest creation. He's the defense attorney who never sees the inside of a courtroom, because all his clients are innocent--no matter how guilty they may seem. Some even believe themselves to be guilty: they remember pulling the trigger, or wiring the dynamite to their spouse's car, or holding the bloody blade. But things have a way of working out when Martin Ehrengraf is on the case. Evidence turns up, incriminating someone else. More murders occur, with the same M.O. And the gate of the jail cell opens, and the accused walks free. But be careful--hiring Martin Ehrengraf comes with a price. A high price, one that comes due even if he appears to have done nothing on your behalf. And you'd better be prepared to pay... Here at last are the complete exploits of Martin Ehrengraf: a dozen delicious tales of vice and villainy including one--"The Ehrengraf Fandango"--that is appearing for the first time anywhere. It's a twelve-course meal of sinister surprises, exquisitely prepared and served simmering hot by the greatest living master of mystery fiction."--Dust jacket.
Table of contents: title: The Ehrengraf defense --; title: The Ehrengraf presumption --; title: The Ehrengraf experience --; title: The Ehrengraf appointment --; title: The Ehrengraf  riposte --; title: The Ehrengraf obligation --; title: The Ehrengraf alternative --; title: The Ehrengraf nostrum --; title: The Ehrengraf affirmation --; title: The Ehrengraf reverse --; title: The Ehrengraf settlement --; title: The Ehrengraf fandango ---- Afterword.