Frame-Up: A Knight and Devlin Thriller [Paperback]

After graduating from Harvard Law with his closest friend John McKedrick, Michael Knight takes a job with his mentor, legendary trial attorney Lex Devlin, while John becomes sole associate of a notorious mob lawyer. Michael never lost hope that John McKedrick would escape to cleaner pastures -until John is murdered in a car bombing bearing the signature of his questionable clientele. How could two friends who were so close have taken such wildly divergent paths?In the wake of McKedrick's murder, three men who took their own deviating paths will meet for the first time in forty years. Matt Ryan, a priest, Dominic Santangelo, a mafia don, and Lex Devlin put the past aside to focus on a present concern: Dominic's son has been charged with John McKedrick's murder. At Lex's urging, Michael Knight reluctantly agrees to represent the alleged bomber. In building a defense, Michael is drawn into a high-stakes art fraud that leads him from the seediest parts of Boston to the sophisticated Amsterdam inner sanctum of international crime.Some writers are notable for their storytelling flair, some for their ability to bring characters to life, some for the lyrical quality of their prose. In John F. Dobbyn, all three talents combine.Janet Hutchings, Editor-in-Chief, Ellery Queens Mystery MagazineMichael Knight is a young lawyer whos going places. But when his best friend is murdered, Michael is drawn into a high-stakes art fraud case that leads him to the most dangerous places in the world.Readers of early John Grisham and Jeremiah Healy will enjoy Dobbyn's debut [Neon Dragon] for his insider knowledge of the legal system and the defense strategy his protagonists use in court.Library JournalKnight has a sharp wit and a gift of gab that he uses to exploit the enmity between and within the rival gangs&its difficult to believe that anything terrible could happen to a clever lad flashing so much good old Irish blarney.Publishers WeeklyBoston attorneys Michael Knight and Ll3Õ