Face Value (Rachel Gold Series #9)

by Michael A. Kahn

Overview

"Rachel's fans will enjoy her latest case, which highlights the consequences of greed as well as the abilities of the disabled." —Booklist

As St. Louis attorney Rachel Gold knows firsthand, the demands of the profession can take a toll on young lawyers. Some turn to drugs, some give up the job and occasionally one gives up altogether. According to the medical examiner, Sari Bashir belongs in the latter category. After she fell from the eighth floor of the downtown garage, the police rule her death a suicide and move on.

However, Stanley Plotkin, the law firm's eccentric mailroom clerk, is sure that Sari was murdered. Stanley, a genius afflicted with Asperger's Syndrome, cannot read emotions from other's facial expressions. To compensate, he studies the voluminous facial action coding system to help him navigate social situations. His mastery of that system has convinced him that Sari was not suicidal. Armed with evidence that only he can see, he turns to Rachel for help. While Sari was her friend, she's reluctant to investigate before an impassioned plea from Sari's grieving father convinces her. With the help of some unlikely allies, Rachel begins uncovering a vast criminal enterprise rife with collateral damage—and Sari's death is only the beginning…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781464202810
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	04/02/2024
Series:	Rachel Gold Series , #9
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	377
Sales rank:	372,211
File size:	738 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Michael Kahn is a trial lawyer by day and an author at night. He wrote his first novel, Grave Designs, on a challenge from his wife Margi, who got tired of listening to the same answer whenever she asked him about a book he was reading. "Not bad," he would say, "but I could write a better book than that." "Then write one," she finally said, "or please shut up." So he shut up—no easy task for an attorney—and then he wrote one.

Kahn is the award-winning author of: eleven Rachel Gold novels; three standalone novels: Played!, The Sirena Quest, and, under the pen name Michael Baron, The Mourning Sexton, and several short stories.

In addition to his day job as a trial lawyer, he is an adjunct professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, where he teaches a class on censorship and free expression. Married to his high school sweetheart, he is the father of five and the grandfather of, so far, seven.

Editorial Reviews

06/01/2014
A young legal associate's death is ruled suicide, but Rachel, prodded by an Asperger's-afflicted colleague, thinks otherwise. Kahn's ninth legal thriller (after The Flinch Factor) finds the St. Louis attorney learning more about the Facial Action Coding System.

Library Journal

"Ample humor and skillful dialogue—about legal, financial, and scientific matters—are a plus, as is the expertly evoked St. Louis locale." — Publishers Weekly

"Rachel’s fans will enjoy her latest case, which highlights the consequences of greed as well as the abilities of the disabled." — Booklist

From the Publisher

Kahn’s St. Louis attorney, Rachel Gold, works hard maintaining her law practice and raising her son as a single parent. When Sari Bashir, a young associate at one of the city’s major law firms, is found dead in the building’s parking garage, the police declare it a suicide and close the case. This does not sit well with Stanley Plotkin, a genius with Asperger’s syndrome who works in the mail room. Stanley has a hard time with social interactions since he cannot read facial expressions, but he uses a sophisticated facialrecognition program to help him communicate effectively. He is sure that Sari was murdered, and he asks Rachel to help him prove it. Rachel is reluctant to get involved, but, when Sari’s father also asks her to pursue the investigation, she agrees. With help from Stanley, the firm’s security guard, and her vulgar but brilliant law-professor friend, Benny, Rachel uncovers a major criminal scheme that is related to one of her other cases. Rachel’s fans will enjoy her latest case, which highlights the consequences of greed as well as the abilities of the disabled.

Booklist