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The
Barrister's Gavel
Book Synopses
The real life mystery of a stolen
Rembrandt, an unconventional case, buried family secrets, backroom
deals, lies, unseen truths and murder.
The Barrister’s Gavel will keep you guessing with twists and turns as it
races from the Hoover building in D.C through the corridors of our
judicial system into a dance studio in Essex County New Jersey.
Self-proclaimed lifelong bachelor Daxton Longhorn is an Ivy League dropout
turn dance instructor who isn’t afraid of breaking the rules. So what if
he sleeps with the occasional married woman? It doesn’t affect his
dancing. It doesn’t even affect his life in the long run—until he meets
the stunning, married Gillian Kovack, and just has to have her. After
Gillian’s husband catches them in bed together, Dax finds himself in
court, accused of assault. Although his punishment won’t be severe, this
indiscretion has opened the floodgates of accusation, and Dax can’t stop
the rush of allegations from ruining his life. As he tries to unravel
the truth about Gillian, he quickly learns that in order to avoid a
lengthy prison sentence, he has to take a closer look at his estranged
family and oddly enough, visit the circumstances surrounding the mystery
of the Rembrandt painting stolen from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
forty years ago. What on earth does a stolen Rembrandt have to do with Dax? And could the legal problems in Daxton’s present have anything to
do with legal mistakes in his father’s past? Trying to make sense of his
situation and staying one step ahead of the law, Daxton soon realizes
that nothing is as it seems and will have to use every ounce of brain
power to get to the bottom of what is quickly turning out to be the
truth of his own existence.
Historical
Note
At two in the morning on September 4th 1972,
three armed thieves entered the Montreal Museum of Fine arts through a
sky light. They bound and gagged the museum guards and proceeded to rob
the museum of 18 paintings as well as jewelry and figurines. Among the
stolen items was a million dollar Rembrandt called Landscape with
cottages painted in 1654. Till this day the stolen items including
the Rembrandt has never been found.
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ISBN SC: 9781462042913
ISBN HC: 9781462042920
ISBN EBK:
978-1-4659-2185-7
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