Murder at the Hollywood Book Club
Defense attorney Joe Turner has never encountered a client quite like Alec Muthren. The best-selling author and self-styled mystic stands accused of poisoning a Hollywood executive at a book club in a murder that mirrors the plot of his own novel.
The extravagant Hollywood book club, filled with self-important executives and prima donnas, provides a hilarious backdrop for the murder and no shortage of suspects when they attempt to re-enact the author's mystery, with the participants taking on roles of the book's characters. When an actual murder happens, chaos ensues.
The evidence against him is damning, but Muthren isn't concerned. Speaking in Latin phrases and radiating intellectual superiority, he treats his own murder trial like performance art, undermining Joe's defense at every turn, leaving him struggling to represent a client he can barely stand.
When the case takes a shocking turn, Joe realizes he's been playing Muthren's game all along. Within the dark comedy of the book club murder lurks a sinister evil that will have an unlikely victim gasping for their last breath. The cost of justice may be higher than anyone imagined.
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T.L. Bequette
T.L. Bequette is a criminal defense attorney in Oakland, California. Most of his practice involves defending those accused of murder. He holds degrees from The University of the Pacific and Georgetown Law School and serves annually on faculty of the Stanford Law School Trial Advocacy Clinic. ‘Good Lookin’: A Joe Turner Mystery’ is his debut novel.
A Joe Turner Mystery
A Joe Turner Mystery consists of four books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
