- Paperback
- Publisher: Hodder Headline Australia (5 Oct 2000)
- ISBN-10: 0340769823
- ISBN-13: 978-0340769829
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,709,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'The plot starts slowly, but gains pace, style and excitement at a race of knots. Dias is at his best with an excellent, memorable finish' Yorkshire Post 'Excellent' -- Daily Telegraph 'The courtroom gives Dias - a barrister himself - his best moments, revelling in the slippery games that pass for British justice' -- Guardian 'Excellent legal thriller' -- The Sunday Times on Above the Law 'Dias is at his best with an excellent, memorable finish' -- Yorkshire Post
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book because I read Dexter Dias's previous novel, Above the Law. I'm delighted to report that Dias gets even better! Whereas Above the Law, which I really recommend, was about the relationship between a mother and her son, this novel is about two brothers, their love and their rivalries. Davey Kilkenny is an ex-cop who left the police because life became intolerable after he exposed internal corruption. However, he uses his knowledge of crime and criminals to become an attorney. Then when a to-die-for luxury yacht is ablaze and a murdered and mutilated man found upon it, all hell breaks loose in Davey's professional and personal life. Because he is asked to defend the chief suspect, the enigmatic money-launderer, Sebastian Santos, but also because Santos has got his hooks into Davey's brother, the financier, Frankie. Slowly, Santos works his way into all their lives - a chilling, unpredictable and highly creepy baddie. But is Santos actually guilty? I just wanted to add that in Ellen Ross, a hard-nosed detective investigating the case, Dias has drawn a brilliantly tortured female professional, struggling with corruption in and out of the Force, as well as with her feelings for Davey. I read this book in one evening. I think it ranks with Presumed Innocent and Degree of Guilt (Richard North Patterson) at the top of my legal thriller charts. I'm intrigued to see what Dias's next offering will be. In the meantime, a distinct case of "Power of the Author"!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a loyal Grisham fan, this is the book I've been waiting for: someone to take the legal thriller to the next stage. This story of a young lawyer in trouble is better than The Firm.
POWER OF ATTORNEY is not just the firm, it's THE BUSINESS.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If like me you think that John Grisham and Richard North Patterson have been tailing off in recent books, then you're probably also trying to find good alternative legal thriller writers. I only stumbled upon this author because this particular novel was chosen as "Thriller of Month" in the biggest book-chain. And I have to say that on this evidence, Dexter Dias's novels could fill the void left by the relative decline of former reliable legal thriller stars. I do agree with most of the previous reviewers, 'Power of Attorney' is an exciting, compulsive addition to the genre.
The question it raises is one I've always wanted to ask defence lawyers: What do you do, how do you FEEL, when you realise that the man you're defending (and maybe about to release into the innocently waiting world) COULD BE in fact a seriously dangerous killer? This novel superbly answers that question ...
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fab heartstopping thriller
I'm a big Lee Child fan, and decided to try out this novel while waiting for the next Jack Reacher. I have to say I was surprised how impressive Dexter Dias's novel was. Read more
Published on 4 July 2002
ORIGINAL & thrilling
This was my second book by this author. I first read FALSE WITNESS, which was a very dark, disturbing and complex tale about a murder trial and what seems like a cult killing. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2002
CAPTIVATING THRILLER
Like a previous reviewer, this book came to my attention when it was selected as Thriller Of The Month on publication, but I didn't get round to it until the new year. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2002
Life too short to finish this book
I cannot see how anyone could be excited by this book which I almost gave up after 45 pages but struggled on to page 120. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2002
FANTASTIC - but more like Keyser Sose than Hannibal Lecter?!
I was bought this fantastic thriller as a Christmas present and suffice to say that I had finished it by the end of Boxing Day. Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2001
ok but a little disappointing
I enjoyed the first few chapters, but couldn't really get into this book. I found the characters a bit superficial, and the plot a bit far-fetched.
Not Dexter Dias' best.
Not Dexter Dias' best.
Published on 22 Dec 2001
A KILLER TO SCARE THE HELL OUT OF HANNIBAL LECTER
I loved this latest offering by Dexter Dias for a number of reasons, but principally because of the 'villain' of the piece, a man creepy in both name and nature, Sebastian Santos. Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2001
Disappointing
I bought this because of the great reviews it received on Amazon. However, I was very disappointed and it took me months to read (a clear sign that I wasn't interested). Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2001 by B. Mccarthy
An excellent legal-based thriller
An excellent law-oriented thriller, but with the courtroom only playing a minor part in the novel. Dias is adept at developing the story both inside and outside the courtroom, and... Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2001
suspenseful,scary and sexy
Edge-of-seat read from first page to last - I found the flirting between lawyer and female detective v. Read more
Published on 24 July 2001
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