Rattlesnake Lawyer - A Legal Thriller of the New West

Los Angeles: Cool Titles, 2004. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Fine. 279 Pages. Light front cover crease. Otherwise a tight bright book with flawless interior. Author inscription on title page Rattlesnake Lawyer is a darkly comic mix of mystery, thriller and suspense involving a young lawyer's coming of age in the New Mexico outback. Young attorney Dan Shepard has been fired by his mother's prestigious Washington law firm, and now must make his home among the rattlesnakes. a failed stand-upo comic forced into law to pay the bills, Dan finds nothing amusing about his first case. His client, Jesus Villalobos, faces a murder charge, but nothing is what it seems. The State seems a little too eager to pin the charge on Jesus. Along the way, it is hard to tell whos is the layer and who is the client. There is no escape for Dan in a small town where everybody knowsn what's going on except him. Dan faces a unique dilemma when he constantly enocunters his client's famiy and friends as they cut his hair and serve his food -- how much she he tip them? Rattlesnake lLawyer ends with an unforgettable trial and an even more unforgettable wedding. Author Jonathan Miller has practiced law all over New Mexico, mostly representing juveniles accused of crimes. He currently practices in Albuquerque where he writes and stays active in legal services that help the poor. The Albuquerque Journal has called Miller the next John Grisham.