For state prosecutor Bradlee Aames, psychosis is a fact of life, a waking nightmare from which modern medicine's soulless jargon and mind-numbing meds have offered little relief. Bradlee stays focused by winning trial after trial, even while she's self-medicating with booze, dope, and midnight surfing sessions at a classic LA point break. But when a thick fog of delusions engulfs her, she blows a case, and her reputation and competence are called into question. To rehabilitate her career, her boss gives her an easy assignment: Dr. Don, a popular TV shrink and former state Medical Board expert, now stands accused of sexually exploiting a vulnerable female patient, yet the broken woman won't testify. If Bradlee can settle the matter quietly, the board, avoiding further embarrassment, will be pleased. But Bradlee Aames doesn't do things the easy way-not when a predator like Dr. Don is primed to debase more helpless women.
Illusive LA is the gritty, sun-blasted setting for He Said, She Said, a thrilling story of trust, betrayal, truth, and deception. Told from multiple perspectives, it affords the reader a front-row seat to a tense legal battle while exploring the many human consequences of power and corruption.
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Autorentext
John DeCure was a deputy trial counsel with the State Bar of California from 1993 to 1998. He is the author of Bluebird Rising and Reef Dance. He Said, She Said is his third book. He lives and surfs in Los Angeles, California, where he was born and raised.
Zusammenfassung
A California prosecutor wrestling with mental illness and addiction takes on a make-or-break case: a celebrity therapist accused of a sex crime. Suffering from hard-to-treat psychosis, Los Angeles lawyer Bradlee Aames has been teetering on the edge too long. To avoid falling, she stays focused by winning trial after trial, even while she's self-medicating with booze, dope, and midnight surfing sessions on the Pacific Ocean. But when a thick fog of delusions engulfs her, she blows a case, and her reputation is suddenly on the line. To rehabilitate her career, she's been given an easy assignment: Dr. Don, a popular TV shrink, stands accused of sexually exploiting a vulnerable female patient, yet the broken woman won't testify. If Bradlee can settle the matter quietly, the Medical Board will be pleased. All they want is to avoid further embarrassmenteven when a predator like Dr. Don is primed to debase more helpless women. But Deputy Attorney General Bradlee Aames never does anything quietly. In a sun-blasted, hallucinatory world where illusion is the name of the game, this battle is about to reveal power, corruption, and personal demonson both sides of the law. Throw your preconceptions and expectations about legal thrillers out the windowHe Said, She Said will pick you up, shake you around, and knock you on your can.?Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of Where It Hurts