The Sting of the Blue Scorpion by Russell Pelton
The 1960s. An America on edge--the cold war, race riots, Vietnam. A frozen Midwestern Air Force town. A pair of gruesome sex murders. A black airman on trial. Will justice or bigotry prevail? For Tony Jeffries, it's a double-edged sword: a surprise promotion to captain in his first weeks as an Air Force JAG--and, right on its heels, an appointment as defense counsel in a near-unwinnable case. Two local women have been brutally raped and murdered, and the evidence points squarely at George Torrance, a black airman with a checkered past. The town's and the base's bigwigs are determined to make him pay. A slick veteran JAG is heading the prosecution. But is Torrance guilty, or is an innocent man being railroaded? The more Jeffries learns, the less certain he becomes. So does the reader, riding the twists and turns of the court-martial and its aftermath until the shocking final pages. Based on his own experiences as a young JAG, Russell Pelton's The Sting of the Blue Scorpion--an edge-of-your-seat follow-up to his acclaimed The Dance of the Sharks--upholds the verdict: here's an authoritative, highly entertaining legal storyteller.
Russell Pelton is a veteran Chicago litigator whose close relationships with the medical profession and the insurance industry, coupled with his experience as a partner in three major international law firms, bestow him with eye-opening insights into the elements that make up The Dance of the Sharks. A graduate of DePauw University and the University of Chicago Law School, he lives in Chicago's northern suburbs. He has spoken and written extensively on the medical/legal issues that provide the background of this compelling novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781478766865 |
| ISBN 10 | 1478766867 |
| Title | The Sting of the Blue Scorpion |
| Author | Russell Pelton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Outskirts Press |
| Year published | 2015-12-08 |
| Number of pages | 274 |
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