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    The Undertaker's Widow
    The Undertaker's Widow
    The Undertaker's Widow
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Undertaker's Widow

    Written by Phillip Margolin

    Narrated by Eric Dawe

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    About this audiobook

    A riveting new tale of betrayal, blackmail, and murder from the bestselling author of The Burning Man and Gone, but Not Forgotten.

    Phillip Margolin's masterful new legal thriller is full of suspense at its finest, with surprising twists and turns, erotic undertones that can quickly turn deadly, and, most of all, a keen sense of the inner workings of the American justice system.

    At the center of The Undertaker's Widow is the beleaguered figure of Richard Quinn—a judge so ethical that he is willing to risk his own life to see that justice prevails in his courtroom. But as Quinn discovers when he presides over the trial of tough-talking state senator Ellen Crease, there is not always a clear path to justice.

    A former police officer, Crease is a flamboyant public figure who stands accused of conspiring to murder her husband, a wealthy tycoon who got his start in the funeral parlor business. Things, however, are not as they seem, and Quinn soon begins to suspect that Crease may well have been set up. As he zeros in on the deadly secret at the heart of this trial, Judge Richard Quinn finds that his efforts to do the right thing lead him ever deeper into an insidious maze of murder and deceit.

    With all the narrative pulse and legal sophistication that have made Phillip Margolin a household name, The Undertaker's Widow is a complex and wild ride that will leave readers breathless.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateNov 1, 2011
    ISBN9781455810017
    The Undertaker's Widow
    Author

    Phillip Margolin

    Phillip Margolin has written nineteen novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers, including his latest novels Woman with a Gun, Worthy Brown’s Daughter, Sleight of Hand, and the Washington trilogy. Each displays a unique, compelling insider’s view of criminal behavior, which comes from his long background as a criminal defense attorney who has handled thirty murder cases. Winner of the Distinguished Northwest Writer Award, he lives in Portland, Oregon.

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    • 4/5
      The Undertaker's Widow was an enjoyable read in the usual legal thriller/surprise at the end. One of the things I do like about Mr. Margolin's books is that there is usually more than one story taking place, but it was not full of endless characters to keep track of .State Senator Ellen Crease, a cigar smoking ,former police officer is accused of killing her husband, a wealthy businessman who got his start in the funeral parlor business. We also have Judge Richard Quinn who may or may not be ethical who is presiding over her case. and experiencing marital difficulties. Senator Crease's stepson definitely has it in for his stepmother but the reader if left guessing until almost the end if he did indeed have anything to do with the murder of his father. This was a suspenseful novel where the ending is not too obvious.
    • 3/5
      This is the third or forth book I’ve read of Phillip Margolin’s. The Undertaker’s Widow was a quick read for me. It was fast-paced, hard to put down, but a little to predictable for me. Not Margolin’s best, but not his worst either.
    • 5/5
      A powder keg of legal intrigue, seductive undertones, and startling twists and turns, this is Margolin at his best. This masterful thriller assigns an obsessively ethical judge to the trial of a flamboyant senator accused of conspiring to murder her husband. In spite of his honorable intentions, the judge makes all the wrong moves, and ends up mired
    • 3/5
      Hung up on the whole case fixing thing. Don't get it.