Three Bodies by the River
John Kralik
Sam Straight wants to be a good lawyer. Instead he finds himself disillusioned in 1990s LA, daydreaming in court of the gentle savior he wants to be, and drinking away his frustrations at night in his office. But he is violently shaken from the despairing emptiness of his life one evening when an intruder at the law firm brutally stabs him and his partner.
With his partner on the brink of death, Sam discovers that he is the LAPD's most likely suspect. But the answer to the mystery attacker might lie with the law firm's prized new client, an eighteen-year-old dot-com entrepreneur known as "the Kid." Is the Kid a money launderer? An inspirational religious leader? A sexual predator?
Sam struggles to stay out of prison as he makes his way through an apocalyptic LA landscape of bombings, fires, and organized crime to a fateful encounter with three bodies on the concrete banks of the LA River. His only hope is a first-year associate with an athlete's body but an unproven legal mind. Can he maintain his integrity while exposing depravity in his own client? But more importantly, will he even survive?
Duration - 7h 49m.
Author - John Kralik.
Narrator - James Wolven.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2021 John J. Kralik IV ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Sam Straight wants to be a good lawyer. Instead he finds himself disillusioned in 1990s LA, daydreaming in court of the gentle savior he wants to be, and drinking away his frustrations at night in his office. But he is violently shaken from the despairing emptiness of his life one evening when an intruder at the law firm brutally stabs him and his partner. With his partner on the brink of death, Sam discovers that he is the LAPD's most likely suspect. But the answer to the mystery attacker might lie with the law firm's prized new client, an eighteen-year-old dot-com entrepreneur known as "the Kid." Is the Kid a money launderer? An inspirational religious leader? A sexual predator? Sam struggles to stay out of prison as he makes his way through an apocalyptic LA landscape of bombings, fires, and organized crime to a fateful encounter with three bodies on the concrete banks of the LA River. His only hope is a first-year associate with an athlete's body but an unproven legal mind. Can he maintain his integrity while exposing depravity in his own client? But more importantly, will he even survive? Duration - 7h 49m. Author - John Kralik. Narrator - James Wolven. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2021 John J. Kralik IV ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:11
Chapter 1. The Catcher in the Smog
Duration:00:16:58
Chapter 2. Oddyssey.com
Duration:00:18:29
Chapter 3. Something. Wrong.
Duration:00:09:35
Chapter 4. Doctor Rosa
Duration:00:04:27
Chapter 5. Booker and Reed
Duration:00:14:41
Chapter 6. Xanthe
Duration:00:09:07
Chapter 7. Saving Joel
Duration:00:12:27
Chapter 8. Valerie
Duration:00:12:53
Chapter 9. Jesus' Gym
Duration:00:13:32
Chapter 10. The Kid
Duration:00:11:26
Chapter 11. Eddie Guarnieri
Duration:00:10:38
Chapter 12. A Reason to Quit
Duration:00:15:32
Chapter 13. A Grocery Bag
Duration:00:10:38
Chapter 14. Dinner with Jacky
Duration:00:08:50
Chapter 15. This Just In
Duration:00:06:19
Chapter 16. A Lake
Duration:00:08:59
Chapter 17. The Dark Art
Duration:00:08:35
Chapter 18. Ali
Duration:00:06:07
Chapter 19. Sandra
Duration:00:03:49
Chapter 20. Leaving the Firm
Duration:00:25:19
Chapter 21. Captain Leonard
Duration:00:04:52
Chapter 22. Three Bodies by the River
Duration:00:09:24
Chapter 23. JD and Sparrow
Duration:00:03:45
Chapter 24. The Bike Path
Duration:00:13:04
Chapter 25. JD's Penthouse
Duration:00:16:38
Chapter 26. Portrait of a Killing
Duration:00:18:40
Chapter 27. Peace
Duration:00:01:57
Chapter 28. Unforgiving Reality
Duration:00:03:17
Chapter 29. A Picture of This
Duration:00:05:10
Chapter 30. Accountable for Doing Nothing
Duration:00:03:32
Chapter 31. Redemptive Interlude
Duration:00:04:11
Chapter 32. Manny
Duration:00:15:01
Chapter 33. Trip to Court
Duration:00:04:49
Chapter 34. Making Bail
Duration:00:19:32
Chapter 35. See Attendant for Key
Duration:00:05:10
Chapter 36. L.A. Times
Duration:00:06:21
Chapter 37. Eddie Explains
Duration:00:15:01
Chapter 38. Something Special
Duration:00:03:20
Chapter 39. Point and Shoot
Duration:00:05:29
Chapter 40. Valerie Explains
Duration:00:02:51
Chapter 41. la Doom
Duration:00:08:49
Chapter 42. The Sting of Discipline
Duration:00:08:18
Epilogue. Two Years Later
Duration:00:40:27
Coda. A Beach Somewhere
Duration:00:19:49
Acknowledgments
Duration:00:01:22
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:15