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Conduct in Question: The First in a Trilogy (Osgoode Trilogy Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Mary E Martin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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How much money is enough?

Meet attorney Harry Jenkins: a lawyer and a true gentleman. Harry longs for freedom and love, but is trapped in a dead marriage that pushes him to the verge of despair. When his partner drops dead in his office, Harry finds himself swept into a massive money-laundering scheme involving the enigmatic Mr. Chin. A nerve-breaking conflict with a wealthy client ends with yet another murder, sweeping Harry into a mystery he must uncover for the sake of his life.

Murder, fraud, romance and suspense at the corridors of power

Are Mr. Chin's shady dealings connected with the killings of the Florist, a sadistic murderer with an artistic flair that haunts the city with his specter? Fortunately for Harry, the beautiful Natasha is there to guide him to the answers. But can he find the answers before the Florist strikes again?

A fast paced legal thriller with unforgettable characters and breathtaking suspense

Conduct In Question It is a Part of the The Osgoode Trilogy by award-winning author Mary E Martin, an insider to the world of the law and an acclaimed writer with a passionate audience. It is a satisfying read packed with suspense, mystery and crime, that will grab you from the fist page and will stay with you long after.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01L0PRBDC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Genius Media, Inc.; 2nd edition (August 24, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 24, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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MARY E. MARTIN is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of THE OSGOODE TRILOGY--CONDUCT IN QUESTION, FINAL PARADOX and A TRIAL OF ONE--about murder and fraud, love and forgiveness in the world of the law. Meet attorney Harry Jenkins, a lawyer and a true gentleman.

AND

THE TRILOGY OF REMEMBRANCE-- THE DRAWING LESSON, THE FATE OF PRYDE and NIGHT CROSSING-- is about artists and revelations in the glitter and shadows of the art world. Meet Britain's finest landscape artist, Alexander Wainwright.

The books in THE OSGOODE TRILOGY are legal suspense novels, inspired by her many years of law practice in Toronto, Canada. The protagonist lawyer, Harry Jenkins, while unraveling murder and fraud, finds along the way, love, compassion and understanding. She writes with the sure knowledge of an insider and creates a rich tapestry of characters and fast paced plots. Conduct in Question is just the introduction. Find more crimes and characters of passion, depth and complexity in Final Paradox and A Trial of One.

Upon completion of THE OSGOODE TRILOGY, she began THE TRILOGY OF REMEMBRANCE

and created an entirely different world--of art and artists. The Drawing Lesson, which won Honorable Mention in the New York Festival of Books, is the first novel and The Fate of Pryde is the second. NIGHT CROSSING won honourable mention in the London Festival of Books.

Alexander Wainwright is a painter whose magical light enchants viewers with visions of the beyond. He travels throughout the world in constant search of his muse seeking answers to the big questions such as --do we live in a random world or one governed by secret, mysterious forces. Or, how can the very best and very worst of mankind thrive in the breast of one man? Or must a creative spirit choose between his art and true love?

After writing, art and photography are her greatest passions. Currently, she is exploring the world of cyberspace as a place to tell story. "Why," she asks, "should a character be confined to the pages of a novel?" And so you will find Alexander Wainwright star of this trilogy, exploring time travel and other mysteries of cyberspace where he meets famous artists and writers.

This means lots of blog-sized stories are waiting for you.

Sign up for her blog at http://maryemartintrilogies.com/blog

...which she frequently shares with Alexander Wainwright

AND visit Alexander on his Facebook page Alexander Wainwright-A Character of The Trilogy of Remembrance. Please consider liking his page as it would mean ever so much to him.

AND visit the Facebook page for The Trilogy of Remembrance. It loves "likes" too!

MARY E. MARTIN graduated in Honours History at the University of Toronto and in law at Queens University, Kingston. She practised law for thirty years in Toronto. She and her husband live in Toronto and have three adult children, one grandson and one granddaughter.

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Francine

Suspenseful thriller!

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2016

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Conduct in Question is a legal mystery thriller involving money laundering, a missing will and greedy relatives. Added to that is a sadistic serial killer nicknamed “The Florist” because he/she carves intricate flower designs on his/her victims.
Harry is an estate lawyer whose elderly client, Marjorie, has passed just as she’s called him to her house so she can change her will. Harry’s a bit suspicious but is distracted when money problems plague him and his law firm after his partner dies. Conveniently, a wealthy man wants to hire Harry and give him a huge retainer that makes it all seem a little too good to be true. Scattered throughout the book are bits and pieces from The Florist’s point of view and by the end of the book, everything is tied together.
Conduct in Question is the first book in the Osgoode Trilogy and I really enjoyed it. I don’t usually like legal thrillers as I find them often to be rather dry and filled with too much legalese. The author of this book, however, keeps the story flowing at a good pace with lots of entertaining mystery to keep my interest. I have to admit that I was about a quarter of the way through the book before I was completely hooked but after that I thoroughly loved the story and the characters were brilliantly written. Harry in particular was superbly multidimensional. He had his weaknesses and a lack of confidence but by the end he showed just how strong he could be. Even though he’s a lawyer, he’s very likeable and without the arrogance often exhibited by lawyers in books. It was easy to figure out who The Florist was and it was interesting to see this person as both a sadistic killer and someone who appeared to live normally in society. My only qualm with the book was that sometimes a paragraph would involve one character and without any kind of segue, the next paragraph moved on to a different character.
I read this in a digital format and it worked well on my ereader. The editing was well done as well. The cover, for me, didn’t represent the story or draw my interest a whole lot.
I look forward to reading the next book in the trilogy.

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Complex Murder Mystery

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2016

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Conduct in question is honest to god a book I have never read anything like. It's complicated, so complicated that every now and again I had to put the darn thing down just to reflect on what I've read, and I LOVED it! I was legitimately surprised by how intrigued this plot made me. I usually hate it when schemes and murder, especially involving the elderly, are the focal point of any story. However, there is something about the mystery and the writing style that reeled me in. It made me think, "I need to know", and in my opinion that made what could have been a disaster- what with all of the moving parts- so successful. I wanted to learn more about the serial killer, I wanted to learn about poor sweet Marjorie, and above all else I wanted to find out the extent of Harry's role in this whole mess. Besides the suspense and thick plot, the characters did a fantastic job of carrying this novel. They were realistic and you got a wide spread as to the spectrum of love and hate. Another key note would be that mixed into this complex story, there are quite a few lessons to be learned through these characters and events, and I feel I took something away from this novel which is always a plus in my book. Bravo!

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Melissa McLeod

I felt like I should have taken some notes so I could ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2016

Conduct in question mostly follows character Harry Jenkins, a lawyer who acts with integrity and cares more about his clients than about the money, Unlike most of his colleagues.
When his senior partner passes away, Harry finds himself mixed up in so many different things that his life is completely turned upside down.
This book is interesting for sure, but I found it a little hard to get into at first because of all the different characters. I had a hard time keeping track of who was who and what their part in the book was. I felt like I should have taken some notes so I could refer back to them to see who was who. Even still like 75% of the way through the book there were a couple characters referred to that I was thinking, "now who was that?". Despite that, this did turn out to be a pretty interesting book. I think I would tell friends to read it.

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Andris Mitt

An Original, Competent Mystery

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2016

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Conduct In Question is a Toronto based mystery that follows Harry Jenkins a forty-two year old estate lawyer. In a rarity for his profession, Harry acts ethically and with integrity, and after his venerable elder partner dies, becomes mixed up in shady dealings with an enigmatic client by the name of Mr. Chin. While Harry is struggling through this crisis, the city is being ravaged by a serial killer known only as The Florist who carves beautiful etchings into his victims after he murders them. At some point the trouble Harry finds himself in and the actions of The Florist, are bound to converge.

This book is a well written thriller with reasonably created characters and interesting twists. Furthermore, as a native of Toronto, Harry's observations of the city as it is today and as it once was in the heyday of his youth, are astoundingly accurate. Along with this, Mrs. Martin captures the snobbishness and rigidity that are often apparent in the upper crust, wealthy families of Toronto with painful exactness.
However, the story was difficult to follow at times as it contained so many characters with so many intricate plot lines that it was hard to keep straight who was who. Additionally, the dialogue was somewhat unbelievable as it seemed like everyone in the book came from a conservative, well to do family from the nineteen fifties.

On the whole though, Conduct In Question is an interesting mystery that was not too bad. If you are looking for a good book in that genre, you could do a lot worse.

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ppsphil

A Fine Start to What Sounds Like A Good Trilogy

Reviewed in Canada on October 23, 2017

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OK I fully enjoyed this fine start to what sounds like a very good trilogy but a proper review of the story will, of course, have to wait until I have read all 3 books. However I really do like that this book had a definite and satisfactory ending for at least the big serial killer plot while leaving some of the other plots to continue through the rest of the trilogy. The writing style makes for fairly smooth and easy reading, the pace is just about perfect and the Toronto setting and weather is bang on. The characters are quite well developed and reasonably believable while, of course, all not likeable and a few like Mr. Chin a bit over the top. I sure like Harry Jenkins and I would sure like to know where I can find a lawyer like him. Then again Conroy and company most definitely represent the most common impression of lawyers whether it is or is not stereotypical. Now I did find a few proofreading and editing errors that surprised me as at first I thought this was published by a main stream publishing house but now I see it is self-published so I think Ms. Martin could have used a few more beta readers before releasing it. Now I haven't really downrated it too heavily for these although a couple of them are pretty serious. For instance in Chapter 13 we have the following text -

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At first, Gerry loved his gleaming dental clinic, choosing to work long hours into the evening.
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Slowly, thousand dollars worth of equipment and fixtures—nothing but the best for Dr. Gerald Deighton.
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sour. Larger premises and more equipmentadded to his staggering debt load.
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Peter grew abrupt with his patients.
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Gerry’s telephone rang.

Notice how in 3 paragraphs his name changed from Gerry to Peter and back to Gerry!

Oh and the " equipmentadded " is just a typo similar to the following which occurs later in chapter 13

"After the last had patient left"
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Might have just been Chapter 13 but the same name change scenario occurs with one of the other characters in a later chapter which one, I'm sorry to say, I can't remember. So this just has to be poor proofreading but even though I abhor having names changed like that I didn't think the errors were bad enough to detract from the enjoyment of the story.
So my greatest problem is that I have to buy 2 more eBooks in order to finish this very good story but I'm sure going to do that!

Timothy

The Osgoode trilogy is an amazing read. I highly recommend it

Reviewed in Canada on October 24, 2016

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Conduct may be in question, but not the talent of the author. Martin captures the feel of Toronto, while crafting a thriller seldom seen in Canadian literature. The Osgoode trilogy is an amazing read. I highly recommend it!