Dog Law (A Robin Starling Courtroom Mystery)

Dog Law (A Robin Starling Courtroom Mystery)
Having just been fired from her job at a big law firm in Richmond, Virginia, female attorney Robin Starling has hung out her shingle. She canâ€™t be too picky about the cases that walk through the door, but the first one that does is trouble. The beautiful trophy wife doesnâ€™t seem to have her stepdaughterâ€™s best interests at heart. The criminal case against the girl starts off looking bad and quickly gets worse...

Robin Starling, Lady Lawyer
â€œWhat did Carly say about me?â€ I asked.
Â Â Â â€œThat you were new here and really, really nice, but she understood youâ€™d been fired from your last job for beingâ€”â€ She dropped her voice to a conspiratorial whisper. â€œâ€”something of a loose cannon.â€ The drop in volume was a habit of speech Carly had when she was delivering the goods on someone.
Â Â Â â€œAnd after those introductions, Chloe chose me over Dave. Interesting. Disconcerting, even.â€
Â Â Â â€œShe said her daughter would be more comfortable with a lady lawyer.â€
Â Â Â I shook my head. Lady lawyer was a phrase Iâ€™d be happy to go the rest of my life and never hear again.
Â Â Â â€œYou do wonder why sheâ€™d be lawyer-shopping in an executive suite. Does it bother you that she seems to have chosen you because she thought youâ€™d be a lightweight?â€
Â Â Â â€œNot at all. Iâ€™m a blonde female just a few months over thirty-one. I get that kind of thing all the time.â€

Her love life
I tore open the protein bar. It was a bit melted from Paulâ€™s body heat, but I took a bite and chewed. â€œMessy, but delicious,â€ I said with my mouth full.
Â Â Â â€œDo you always carry protein bars?â€ Brooke asked Paul.
Â Â Â â€œOne of the benefits of having a fat boyfriend,â€ I said, chewing.
Â Â Â â€œOuch,â€ Brooke said. â€œShe called you fat.â€
Â Â Â â€œShe called me her boyfriend.â€
Â Â Â â€œSo she did.â€ They both looked at me.

Her family life
My puppy and I spent Christmas in Charlottesville with my mother and my brother and his family. My father, long estranged from the family after leaving my mother for his veterinary assistant, showed up for lunch, bringing presents. Nobody told me he was coming, and his expression was cautious when he spoke to meâ€”or even looked at me.
Â Â Â â€œLook,â€ I said finally. â€œIâ€™m not the scary bitch you seem to think I am.â€
Â Â Â â€œSaid the scary bitch in her most belligerent voice,â€ my brother said.
Â Â Â â€œYouâ€™re not helping,â€ I said.
Â Â Â â€œSorry.â€ Though he didnâ€™t look it.

Her professional life
Paul said, â€œI understand the case changed on you this week.â€
Â Â Â I exhaled. â€œYes, it did that.â€
Â Â Â And it wasnâ€™t even your fault,â€ Paul said.
Â Â Â â€œWhat do you mean by that?â€
Â Â Â â€œWell, to be fair, all your cases tend to thunder along like a pack of greyhounds.â€
Â Â Â I rolled my eyes.
Â Â Â â€œJust tell us the story,â€ Paul said. â€œStart from the beginning, right where this exquisitely beautiful woman walks into your office.â€
Â Â Â My eyes slid to Brooke, who evidently had been talking.
Â Â Â â€œDescribe her body in as much detail as youâ€™d like,â€ Paul said. â€œI donâ€™t mind. Start with her slim, silky legs, and work your way up.â€

Paul mjght not mind, but this exquisitely beautiful woman had landed Robin Starling in a legal battle with people who understood only one kind of lawâ€¦

Dog Law.

A cozy animal mystery with courtroom antics to rival the top legal thrillers, a lot of heart, and a big-eyed puppy, Dog Law, the third entry in the series of lawyer novels featuring female attorney Robin Starling, is sure to please. Other books in the legal thriller series include:
- Trial by Ambush, Robin's first criminal case, a courtroom drama that has her defending the boyfriend she caught cheating on her with the mu
Country USA
Manufacturer Reflection Publishing
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-12-03
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Reflection Publishing
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-12-03
Format	Kindle eBook

Dog Law (A Robin Starling Courtroom Mystery)

Dog Law.

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