TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baldacci,David
TI  - A calamity of souls
SN  - 9781035035588 (hbk.) :
AV  - PS3552.A446 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - London
PB  - Macmillan
KW  - Women lawyers
KW  - Fiction
KW  - African American lawyers
KW  - General
KW  - eflch
KW  - Fiction of Black and Asian Interest
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Fiction & related items
KW  - thema
KW  - Modern & contemporary fiction
KW  - Crime & mystery fiction
KW  - Thriller / suspense fiction
KW  - Virginia
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Legal stories
KW  - lcsh
N2  - Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with brutally killing an elderly and wealthy white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he realises that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder trial. Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to Freeman County and enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against the best prosecutor in the Commonwealth
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