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Marine One by James Huston

Marine One

by James Huston

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  • May 2009, 336 pages
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The president rushes across the South Lawn through a pounding thunderstorm to Marine One to fly to Camp David late at night. His advisers plead with him not to fly, but he insists. He has arranged a meeting that only three people in his administration know about. After fighting its way through the brutal thunderstorm on the way to Camp David, Marine One crashes into a ravine in Maryland, killing all aboard.

The government blames the European manufacturer of the helicopter and accuses them of killing the president. Senate Investigations and Justice Department accusations multiply as Mike Nolan, a Marine Corps reserve helicopter pilot and trial attorney in civilian life, is hired to defend the company from the criminal investigations, then from a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the most notorious lawyer in America on behalf of the First Lady. Nolan knows that to prevail in the firestorm against his client, he has to find out what really caused Marine One to crash, and why the president threw caution aside to go to a meeting no one seems to know about. To clear his client, Nolan must win the highest-profile trial of the last hundred years with very little working for him, and everything working against him.

Marine One expertly mixes political intrigue with courtroom drama and fast-paced action in the most exciting thriller of the year.

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"Starred Review. This is nonstop legal suspense at its best." - Publishers Weekly

"Equal parts thriller, mystery, and legal procedural, Huston's sixth novel is a gripping and fast-paced read." - Library Journal

"Better than Grisham ... better than Clancy." - Kirkus Reviews

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James W. Huston is the New York Times bestselling author of six thrillers, including Balance of Power and Secret Justice. A graduate of Topgun, he served as a naval flight officer in F-14s on the USS Nimitz with the Jolly Rogers. He is currently a trial lawyer for the international law firm of Morrison Foerster and has been involved in numerous high- profile cases. He lives in San Diego, California.

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