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The Jury Master Hardcover – March 21, 2006

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Enjoying success as a wrongful death attorney in spite of his nightmarish childhood, San Francisco lawyer David Sloane receives a package from a White House suicide victim and is forced to rely on strangers in order to expose an insidious government conspiracy. By the author of The Cyanide Canary. A first novel. 35,000 first printing.
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    March 21, 2006
  6. Dimensions
    6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
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The most impressive thing about this gripping legal thriller is what it doesn't do. Dugoni, a lawyer who coauthored a nonfiction book about an Idaho worker brain-damaged in 1996 by cyanide fumes, opens his debut novel with a wrongful death attorney in San Francisco, David Sloane, about to make his closing remarks defending a corporation in a similar case. Sloane, who has won 14 cases in a row, hates his arrogant client and must face an obviously hostile jury. But instead of devoting many chapters to the case, Dugoni quickly moves into some unexpected and very interesting territory: a recurring childhood nightmare Sloane shares with former CIA agent Charles Jenkins, apparently a complete stranger. Meanwhile, unstoppable West Virginia police detective Tom Molia investigates the suicide of a top adviser to the president, and what he finds draws Sloane and Jenkins closer to the truth behind their shared terror: an international conspiracy 30 years in the making. All of Dugoni's characters have a fresh and believable edge, and there is plenty of action in far-flung settings. One looks forward to Sloane's return. (Mar.)
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In this rapid-fire fictional debut, a personal friend of the president has turned up as the victim of a not-so-apparent suicide--but not before mailing a package to David Sloane, a golden-tongued corporate lawyer with a mysterious past. It doesn't take long for unknown baddies to kill (a) a kindly old woman, (b) an eager rookie cop, and (c) two beloved dogs, thus making matters personal for Sloane, rumpled police detective Tom "Mole" Molia, and ex-CIA operative Charles Jenkins. Neither plotting nor prose can be accused of subtlety or originality, and readers looking for legal action or psychological depth best look elsewhere. Still, the action keeps coming, so omnivorous thrill seekers who favor Martini and Grisham may want to give Dugoni a look. The jury's still out, though, on whether he has the potential to play in their league. David Wright
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing (March 21, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 044657869X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0446578691
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Robert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and #1 Amazon bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite police series set in Seattle, which has sold more than 10 million books worldwide. He is also the author of The Charles Jenkins espionage series, the David Sloane legal thriller series, the Keera Duggan legal thriller series, and several stand-alone novels including The 7th Canon, Damage Control, the literary novels, The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell - Suspense Magazine’s Book of the Year, for which Dugoni’s narration won an AudioFile Earphones Award and the critically acclaimed, The World Played Chess; historical novels based on true events: A Killing on the Hill about Seattle during the great depression and Hold Strong, a WWII novel; as well as the nonfiction exposé The Cyanide Canary, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. Several of his novels have been optioned for movies and television series. Dugoni is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction and multiple awards for best novel set in the Pacific Northwest. He has also been a finalist for many other awards including the International Thriller Award, the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, the Silver Falchion Award for mystery, and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award.

Robert Dugoni’s books are sold in more than thirty countries and have been translated into more than thirty languages.

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texasahd
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024
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Kept me guessing until the end and I can't wait to start the next book.
I have loved all of Robert Dugoni's books.
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4.0 out of 5 stars complex plot with lots of twists
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024
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I struggled at first to stay with it as it seemed to jump from one main character to another with out any connections. He soon righted the plot and the pieces of the plot started to come together in a riveting page turner.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another great read
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I love Robert Dugoni's style of writing. I have read several of his books and he never fails to suck me into the story. The characters are always interesting and he keeps you in suspense as he slowly reveals the story. Always a very good read.
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Mcc57
3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed feelings
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2024
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The title is misleading. This is not what I would call a legal thriller by any stretch. Dugoni's writing is good and his descriptions are always well worded. He can be a bit verbose though. At nearly 450 pages, I feel some editing may have been beneficial and the book could have been shortened by 50-75 pages without taking g anything away from the story. As another reviewer indicated, there are a lot of characters in the book. It can sometimes take a minute to remember who is whom.

I was excited to see Dugoni has many books I haven't read, after reading The World Played Chess and The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, but I'm not as enthusiastic after reading this one. It wasn't a terrible book, just not for me.
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michael
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024
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This story keeps you Involved. You don't want to put it down. Twist and turns Keep you guessing. Characters are well formed and interesting. Looking forward to reading more of this series. I've read several of Dugoni's books and it compares well to his best.
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4.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 Slow introduction to a fast paced mixed political, military & legal thriller.
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2023
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Bravo. Let me start there. I am no longer drawn to political, conspiracy, legal tales that are filled with fear, violence and abusive behaviors. I was up-to-date with Dugoni's books, so I read the reviews on this, the first Sloane story, and decided to read it. At first, the story was confusing because x of the continued introduction of characters, not get tied to Sloane. With each chapter, Futon I picked up the pace and tied the characters to Sloane. That's when I became a fan of figuring out how & when the characters were involved with Sloane. I figured out the most of the connections, except for the last one, until I read the words. That is what I call 'a worthwhile mystery'.
The violence and dismissal of grief, trauma and injury was, maybe necessary to entice to political junkies to read these books, but highlighting Detective MO investigating skills would have been more interesting ( for me ). Dugoni likes his heroes & inclusive diversity. I would like to see this book turned into a mini series set in locations used in the book.
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Pisces51
5.0 out of 5 stars ACTION NEVER WANES IN THIS OUTSTANDING POLITICAL THRILLER THAT INTRODUCES DAVID SLOANE!!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2020
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THE JURY MASTER (DAVID SLOANE BOOK 1) [2008] By Robert Dugoni
My Review Five Stars*****

I finally got around to reading this novel that I have been interested in for quite some time. Perhaps like many readers, I discovered the exceptionally talented author Robert Dugoni after he published the Tracy Crosswhite novels. His inaugural voyage of Detective Tracy Crosswhite (MY SISTER'S GRAVE) figuratively "knocked my socks off" in 2017. I subsequently purchased all of the remaining books in the series that were available during that time, which included his four Tracy Crosswhite novels published prior to 2017, and also Book 5 in the series, CLOSE TO HOME, actually released in the same year that I discovered this incredibly talented author and the crime series referenced above.

I have always enjoyed good legal thrillers and planned to read Dugoni's David Sloane series. I ran across an early novel of his written in 1996 THE 7TH CANON, and read it last summer. It was a standalone novel, and not what I would term a legal thriller but rather more of a murder mystery. In any case it was a 5-Star Read. Loved it.

But I digress. Had been meaning to rent THE JURY MASTER (2008) but procrastinated and as luck would have it, saw it at a reduced price on Kindle and purchased it instead. So I finally read it and I must say that the story pulls the reader in and then ratchets up the emotional investment, the tension, and the suspense until the reader is held in a virtual vice grip, compulsively turning the pages until the wee hours. Having said that, whatever else this book might be it is not a legal thriller any more than THE 7TH CANON from Dugoni's early works. It is a complex, tightly knit political thriller, and there is more action scenes within its book covers than Robert Ludlum's entire Bourne Trilogy it seemed to me. The chapters alternate among multiple protagonists and their respective precarious predicaments, and each chapter seems to end with a cliffhanger. There's a TV reality show ("I AM PREY") where it alternates the stories among let's say Sue who has been attacked by a pack of crazed raccoons, let's say Bob who is in the jaws of an alligator, and Tom who is being hunted down in an enclosed gorilla enclosure. You are on the edge of your seat with what is happening with Sue and then abruptly the scene switches to Tom getting his hand bit off by a large ape. This technique might not have been so effective if it wasn't for the fact that Dugoni has an exceptional ability to make his good guys seem so real and alive to us, and when it comes to the villains he can make us feel the chill.

The "main" character of course is David Sloane and you are immediately drawn to him, sympathetic with his plight, and vested in the mind-boggling mystery surrounding his very existence. The other protagonists are three dimensional, easy to like and admire, and as a reader I felt myself caring about what happened to all of the various players who were on the side of moral clarity and the scale of justice tipping in the right direction.

Frankly, I really liked this novel. There were aspects that required me to suspend disbelief, and others elements that bordered on the supernatural in my opinion, albeit I am not sure that was the author's intent. In any case, it was a roller coaster ride, and I will be sure to follow up on the ensuring exploits of Sloane.
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shirley Sullivan
4.0 out of 5 stars Slow to spellbinding!
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2024
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The beginning was disjointed and difficult to follow. WV then Ca, later it was exciting and difficult to put down.
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Donna Gibson
5.0 out of 5 stars read this book first in the series
Reviewed in Canada on March 5, 2020
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great book. I'd read number 4 & 5 in the series previous to reading this book. I wish I'd read this first as it introduces all the characters in the upcoming books. Great read..I loved it!!
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poodlechick17
5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 19, 2017
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I read this book after reading all the other books in the series,so this book filled in the mystery surrounding Sloane. It also introduces other characters which are in the other books. A great read, however I would recommend reading these books in the correct order, in saying that......this book didn't appeal to me at first, so that's why I chose the story which grabbed me.
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Mummo
5.0 out of 5 stars Could not put my reader down
Reviewed in Australia on January 4, 2023
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Robert Dugoni's characters are not predictable and their motives are not aways obvious so his books keep you guessing until the end, love the series
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5.0 out of 5 stars Das erste Buch der Reihe
Reviewed in Germany on September 27, 2017
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und für mich das Beste, da Sloan hier zwar auch persönlich involviert ist, sich dies jedoch erst im Laufe des Buches herauskristalisiert. Außerdem hat er hier noch nicht die ganzen Freunde, die immer alles passend ermöglichen können, weil sie irgendjemanden von früher kennen und z.B. mal ruck-zuck neue Pässe auf legalem Weg besorgen können ;-)
Das Thema ist ebenfalls sehr interessant (Weltpolitik) und das Szenario ist durchaus realistisch.
Wer hier jedoch viel Einsicht in das US-Justiz-System erwartet oder eloquente Wortgefechte über die Feinheiten der Beweisführung, sollte lieber Scott Turow lesen. Diese ganze Reihe ist ähnlich der Scott Pratt-Reihe und könnte gut als Justiz-Action verfilmt werden. David Sloan gerät immer wieder über scheinbar normale Fälle in einen Sumpf aus Korruption, Vertuschungen und/oder politischen Intrigen. Der Schwerpunkt liegt eben doch auf Rasanz und Action. Dazu wird Sloan immer stärker auch persönlich in die Fälle verstrickt und mutiert ein bisschen zu sehr zu einem Anwalt, der immer die passenden Freunde hat und selbst an Schießereien etc. beteiligt ist. Liest man die Bücher nacheinander, wird das mir persönlich ein bisschen zu viel. Aber nichts desto trotz: gute Unterhaltung, flüssig zu lesen in sich schlüssig und dieses erste Buch lässt ihn noch nicht ganz so stark als Action-Hero erscheinen.
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1.0 out of 5 stars CHEAT!
Reviewed in Japan on December 9, 2021
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This book starts with a short chapter in a courtroom during trial. It is brief but pithy, and well written. One thinks "Aha, just like a John Grisham novel!" like the blurb reviewers are telling us, and, perhaps, buys it, since Amazon no longer allows us to "Look Inside!" more than maybe 3 pages. One finds upon receiving this claptrap, however, that that first chapter is the only place legal things are even remotely discussed, and that the book immediately descends into bloodletting & massacre of vast numbers of innocent people (and animals) in various locations containing numerous characters about whom we know nothing. These tiny little chapters rotate from one location to another, leaving us wondering what the devil is going on. There were 5 separate locations, and 5 sets of characters, at the middle of the book up to which I read. When a new chapter then introduced yet another all-new location containing a couple of guys without introduction in Mexico, I gave up at last and binned it.

I presume the first chapter, which has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the non-stop fire power, was written so that the blurb reviewers, who apparently only read the first chapters of their books, will be turned on by the courtroom and call this a courtroom thriller. IT IS NOT. It is not courtroom and it is not thriller, it is simply wall-to-wall violence with no discernible story behind it (so far!).

John Grisham should sue for damage to his reputation.
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