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Worthy Brown's Daughter, by Phillip Margolin
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Inspired by a true story, New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin turns his hand to historical fiction in this masterful saga about slavery and justice in the American West.
Recently widowed attorney Matthew Penny has come to the newly settled Oregon frontier to start a new life. He encounters the most challenging case of his career when a former slave, Worthy Brown, asks him to save his teenage daughter from the man who owned them. Woven through with rich historical detail, it is a breathtaking narrative about the extent of evil and the high price of true justice.
Worthy Brown's Daughter, by Phillip Margolin - Amazon Sales Rank: #1145063 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-24
- Released on: 2015-03-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .59" w x 5.31" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 368 pages
Worthy Brown's Daughter, by Phillip Margolin From Publishers Weekly Based loosely on true events, the latest legal thriller from criminal defense attorney turned bestseller Margolin (Lost Lake) follows Matthew Penny, a pistol-bearing lawyer guided by his own moral compass. Portland, Ore., in the 1860s is a nest of conflict: property lawsuits stall the inevitable construction of a railroad, and a black man on trial expects a racist jury. Here, the innocent is Worthy Brown, a freed black man who asks Matthew to rescue his daughter, Roxanne, from Caleb Barbour, a crooked lawyer who illegally holds her in servitude. When Worthy is discovered standing over Caleb's dead body, and only he and Matthew know the truth, justice seems unlikely. Around this central drama, Margolin establishes characters that might have stepped out of a grainy Western, among them the evil siren Sharon Hill—a full-figured woman whose oval face was framed by ebony ringlets that were in sharp contrast to her milk-white complexion. Margolin allows passions to sway his heroes, and generates empathy toward his crooks. If only the black characters worshipped their white benefactors less, or if one female character was spared a derogatory physical description. The plot is at times frustratingly one-dimensional, but Matthew is ultimately forced to distinguish truth from justice. On the courtroom floor, where Margolin is clearly at home, the stock characters adopt roles, albeit briefly, in a satisfying, white-knuckle climax. (Feb.)
From Booklist Margolin, author of 17 popular legal thrillers, pens a historical novel set in 1850s Portland, Oregon, based on an actual legal suit brought by a black family against a white slave owner. Free man Worthy Brown sues his former master for his daughter’s freedom. Out of sheer spite and wicked lust, Caleb Barbour refuses to release 15-year-old Roxanne to her father, despite Oregon’s law against slavery. Worthy hires down-on-his-luck lawyer Matthew Penny to bring a legal custody suit, though circumstances conspire against them. Throw in a money-grubbing beauty, a smitten judge, a few loudmouth hotheads, and at least two legal beagles willing to bend the law, and the Old West comes alive in heart-wrenching, violent, and wicked racist color. The plot is comfortably predictable, with a last-minute save by our brilliant hero, yet legal thriller and western fans will stay with it to the last page. Both a psychological western reminiscent of The Ox-Bow Incident and a sharp critique of Oregon’s early legal process, Margolin’s novel offers a compelling portrait of small town justice done right—eventually. --Jen Baker
Review “Worthy Brown’s Daughteris a fast and absorbing read, and Margolin’s law expertise makes the book’s climax…an exciting moment indeed.” (Seattle Times)“Margolin shines in recreating pioneer life .. . . there’s legal wrangling, murder and romance, set against the backdrop of race and frontier life. . . . his scene-setting, knowledge of the frontier and relating of the hard task of the law make for an appealing read.” (Kirkus Reviews)“With plenty of action…the lively narrative will keep readers engrossed.” (Library Journal)“Margolin captures both the haphazard legal theater—when judges ride the circuit, Portland’s ‘courthouse’ is a loft on the third floor of the Coleman Barrel Company—and the daunting racism of the times.” (Oregonian (Portland))“Worthy Brown’s Daughter reads something like Deadwood meets Twelve Years a Slave. The finale in the courtroom is as brilliant and exciting as any great legal drama…. [A] beautifully written story rooted in America’s brutal history of slavery and racism.” (Iron Mountain News)“[A] compelling tale of justice for sale… vibrant characters…bring the West to life…. If you like westerns or legal thrillers you will get both in Worthy Brown’s Daughter.” (Huffington Post)“The Old West comes alive in heart-wrenching, violent, and wicked racist color…. Legal thriller and western fans will stay with it to the last page.… Margolin’s novel offers a compelling portrait of small town justice done right.” (Booklist)“Margolin. . . [and] allows passions to sway his heroes, and generates empathy toward his crooks . . . . [On] the courtroom floor, where Margolin is clearly at home, [there is] a satisfying, white-knuckle climax.” (Publishers Weekly)“This departure for best-selling thriller writer Margolin might appeal to fans of the acclaimed movie 12 Years a Slave.” (USA Today, “New & Noteworthy”)“In New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin’s first historical, recently widowed attorney Matthew Penny has come to newly-settled Oregon to start fresh. He stumbles into the most challenging case of his career when a former slave, Worthy Brown, asks him to save his teenage daughter.” (Huffington Post, “Books I Want to Read Most in 2014” by Wendy Webb, author of The Vanishing)“Phillip Margolin explores intriguing new territory in Worthy Brown’s Daughter, a compelling historical drama, set in nineteenth-century Oregon, that combines a heartbreaking story of slavery and murder with classic Margolin plot twists.” (Bookreporter.com)“The action is brisk and the villains are shifty…[t]his energetic tale does cover interesting regional history for readers who might be averse to picking up a book of nonfiction, but who are willing to follow Margolin in his break from the regular routine.” (Bellingham Herald)
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful. Standard Margolin legal thriller gains nothing from historical setting By Aaron C. Brown Let's start off with two easy points. If you're a Philip Margolin fan, and I know there are many, this book delivers the goods. It's not up there with his best early work, like Gone, But Not Forgotten and After Dark, but it's got more freshness and energy than most of his stuff from the last five years.On the other hand, if you want a historical novel, you can give this one a miss without second thoughts. The characters and situations are thoroughly modern, without even a half-hearted attempt to embed them in 1860 Oregon. The few bits of research are paraded obviously ("there were no courthouses in Oregon in 1860","the population of San Francisco in 1860 was 56,802") and anachronisms abound. The period is an uneasy conglomeration of the somewhat earlier Illinois circuit court environment of Young Mr. Lincoln with the later brawling frontier world shown in Deadwood, or perhaps the Western justice illustrated in Have Gun Will Travel. On top of that, this is a legal thriller, not a novel. There is no character development or realistic dialog. Every expression and emotion is laboriously explained to the reader. There is no sense of place or atmosphere, descriptions are superficial and clichéd.For those of us in between, who want a satisfying legal thriller for a plane ride and aren't looking for history or literature, this is only a fair candidate. The author, as he always does, sets up an intriguing plot and elaborates it with enough twists to keep it interesting but not tangled or confused. The cast of characters is introduced early and clearly. They may be broadly drawn, but they are not inconsistent. Events move quickly enough that the book doesn't bog down, even if the characters seem to be walking through predetermined parts rather than driving the story.What's missing, however, is the detailed insider knowledge that lifts the author's best work above run-of-the-mill potboilers. That's also been missing from his other recent books, which is probably why a change of scenery seemed like a good idea. At first I thought it was working, as mentioned above this book does not have the tired feeling of a writer who has long since used up everything he has to say. But he didn't take enough time or do enough research to recharge his batteries. Intricate legal thrillers need accuracy and precision to work, and this book does not have them.So buy the book if you love Margolin, stay away if you love literature. For everyone else, the book is good enough to finish, you will not feel cheated. But this is a standard issue legal thriller, awkwardly dressed up in old clothes.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A most worthy novel By michael a. draper Phillip Margolin is one of those special authors who, when a reader picks up their book, they know they are in for an entertaining experience.I was sent this book from Amazon vine, in return for my review and I couldn't be happier that I picked this book.The time is 1860 and Oregon is really beginning to grow. Matthew Penny and his wife decide to move west from Ohio and travel by wagon train. However, Matthew losses his wife when a wagon is swept down a river crossing.With this burden behind him, he moves to Phoenix, Oregon where he's appointed to defend a man accused of theft. He doesn't win the case but does a fine job with the man's defense. Later, another man approaches him and tells him that this man has information that Matthew can use to win another case he was preparing for. All this man wants is the promise from Matthew that if the information helps, Matthew would promise to return the favor. (For just a bit, it seems like the devil in Damn Yankees).Matthew wins the new case and what the man wants is Matthew's help in getting his daughter who is being kept as a slave by a wealthy but unscrupulous man.It's difficult not to give away plot but the story moves along swiftly. The characters are vividly drawn as is the setting of the early days of Portland, Oregon. We see such things as the first steam locomotive in that part of the country.This is one of the best books I've read this year. My heart was beating faster and faster as I approached the conclusion that was both appropriate and satisfying.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Very engaging novel with four plots By Israel Drazin New York Times best-selling author Phillip Margolin is at his best in this new 2014 murder and court thriller, which contains four plots. The primary plot is based, as Margolin explains, on an actual case where a slave owner brought a family of slaves from a slave state to Oregon in the early 1800s, a state where any slave brought to the land became free. The slave owner allowed the parents and a child to leave, but kept several children as indentured servants. The parents were forced to go to court to save their children. In this novel, there is a father and daughter, Worthy and Roxanne, who face this problem just at the time when Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States and the country is about to become embroiled in a civil war over slavery. It is one year after Oregon became a state. The second plot focuses on a young lawyer, Matthew Perry, who falls in love with the daughter of an extremely rich man and she with him. His wife had recently died and while he is in love with the young woman, he is still in love with his first wife and is still grieving. He represents Worthy in trying to free his daughter from the former slave owner Caleb Barbour. Complicating the prior events is the murder of Barbour with Worthy being charged with the crime. Matthew Perry knows that Worthy did not commit the murder and who actually did so, but is unable to disclose this because of several obstacles he is unable to overcome. While these events transpire, an attractive former prostitute decides to fake a marriage to the very wealthy man and kill him so she can inherit his fortune. The four plots are filled with noteworthy events that occurred during the pre-civil war era out west and a host of fascinating characters. These include an Oregon supreme court justice who is pro-slavery and who falls in love with the prostitute and becomes her accomplice, a district attorney of moderate intelligence who is determined to get ahead by any means, a San Francisco mobster who will do virtually anything for money, and another young lawyer who is a better lawyer than Matthew Perry. As in many Margolin novels, Matthew Perry needs to find an unusual way to save Worthy from being hanged for a murder he did not commit by a decision of a jury that is pro-slavery and anti-blacks.
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