2024 the best defense is a good offense review

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Dynamite defense attorney Joseph Antonelli has never lost a case--or felt the sting of conscience for letting the guilty go free. "I can deceive anyone," he says, "and no one more quickly or more completely than myself." Now the man he most admires, the honorable Judge Rifkin, has asked him a favor: Defend a drug dealer accused of raping his twelve-year-old stepdaughter. Yet Antonelli's acceptance of the case sets in motion an explosive chain of corruption, betrayal, and murder that will leave no one unscathed. . . .

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fawcett; Reissue edition (August 29, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 044900399X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0449003992
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.15 x 1 x 6.85 inches
Reviewer: Russell A. Rohde MD
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: "Antonelli...affable, single & confident...man for all seasons
Review: "The Defense", Dudley W. Buffa, NY, Henry Holt & Co., 1997 ISBN 0-8050-5307-7, HC, 309 pg., 9 1/4" x 6 1/4".This 1st Joseph Antonelli novel finds protagonist as an overly successful criminal defense attorney who agrees to request by Judge Leopold Rifkin to defend a probably guilty Johnny Morel, drug dealer & con man, charged with rape of his 12-year-old stepdaughter Michelle Walker. Acquitted, he is murdered & wife Denise Morel is charged with his murder, a case Antonelli declinded. She's convicted of murder but gets early release from prison for good behavior - but then she's found dead in the house of Judge Rifkin who's charged with her killing. Antonelli becomes his defense attorney.We are introduced to colorful prosecutors, defense attorneys & a spiteful DA and to Antonelli's live-in girl friends, firstly Lisa then sexy Alexandra, the bright, blonde paralegal assistant who'd dampen sales of Viagra.This story has accounting of 4 trials: -- the 3 criminal trials are of Johnny Morel, Denise Morel & Judge Rifkin. We are provided a vivid profile of machinations & passions influencing outcomes of civil/criminal trial and of philosphy on the justice system & critical factors which may usher murder.The novel is extraordinarily well-written. The reader is wont to read those subsequent novels #2 through #6. Reading Buffa's Antonelli is like eating potato chips, you can't stop with one.

Reviewer: Evelyn L. Zuercher
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Thoroughly Entertaining
Review: It was thoroughly entertaining. Having read the book, I went back to the beginning to see if I had totally missed clues to the.unexpected conclusion.I'm not a reader who reads everything.I really like this author and have read thee of his books, now on the fourth.

Reviewer: Stacie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent!!!
Review: This is one the best books I have ever read. The story was superb and I will be reading all Buffa's novels. This is most read for everyone who likes a good book... make sure you have time, its a turn pager!!!

Reviewer: J. Tague
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great read!
Review: This book kept me riveted. Really enjoyed it. I certainly would recommend this book and this author in fact I'm reading another book by him now.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good, fast read, but predictable
Review: Pulled me in immediately. I looked forward to the next turn in the plot. But it was easy to figure that the lover did it.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: not for me
Review: Didn’t like the characters, but maybe I wasn’t supposed to? Had it figured out pretty early, kept reading to hope there was a plot twist that never happened. A few too many rambling passages for me that didn’t seem to add a lot of value. Not for me.

Reviewer: Aongelic
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Just as good the third time around!
Review: This is my 3rd time reading this and I enjoyed it just as much as when I read it more than 15 years ago. I've even given as gifts.

Reviewer: Edgar Hessek
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Can't beat D .W Buffa
Review: Typical Buffa legal thriller!. . I still say that Buffa is equal or if not better than Grisham and Patterson. I also think that Scott Turow is among the best!

Reviewer: ｈｊ
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: 冒頭から最後まで、一気読みしました。時の流れを実感します。

Reviewer: tuppence
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: 　勝つべき裁判に負けたことは一度もない。そして負けて当然の裁判のほとんどにも勝ってきた－　剛腕弁護士のアントネッリは、懇意の判事に促されて、12才の義理の娘をレイプしたとされる男を弁護する。そして当然のごとく無罪を勝ち取るが…。　人物造形が巧妙で、ストーリーを読ませます。勝利至上主義のビジネスライクな弁護士でありながらどこか魅力のある主人公、友人の検事、師と仰ぐ判事、そして一筋縄ではいかない依頼人。弁護士としての倫理とは何かという深淵なテーマを扱いながら、感情移入して読むこともできる、リーガルサスペンスです。　事件の展開も、前半はまあ予測されるところと思いきや、驚愕のクライマックスへ！映画化されそうなドラマチックなストーリーで、ページ数もさほど多くなく、読みやすいと思います。