Not surprisingly he comes back a changed man and the changes are not for the better. Gus is a photojournalist who lost a hand, and thus his profession, in an explosion in Iraq. After an absence of several years, an old girlfriend, Alex Shaw, walks back into Brady's life and asks him to represent her brother, Gus. In this book, though, unlike most of the others, Brady has no time for fishing. He's long divorced and usually involved with an attractive female.Īs Brady comments in this book, he was trained to be a lawyer, but his DNA programmed him to be a fisherman. For those who haven't met him, Coyne is a sole practitioner with a client list that consists mostly of fairly well-heeled Bostonians and a secretary named Julie, who keeps his professional life in some semblance of order. 'Hell Bent' is the twenty-fourth book to feature Boston attorney Brady Coyne, and it ranks among the best of the entries. With very little to go on and with everyone around him wanting to quickly close the books on what appears to be a tragic case, Brady soon finds himself alone, in the midst of one of the most dangerous situations of his entire life, and facing people who do anything to avoid being exposed. The client wasn't eager to accept Brady's representation, but before the divorce proceedings are very far along, the photographer is found dead in his rented apartment, an apparent suicide.īut something isn't right and Brady starts to think the suicide was staged. Now he's lost his career, his peace of mind and his family.īrady is hired to seem him through the divorce. Augustine Shaw was a notable photo-journalist, happily married with two small children – until he returned from a stint in Iraq missing a hand and suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Boston attorney Brady Coyne finds his own past coming back to haunt his professional life when his ex-girlfriend Alex Shaw, long out of touch, reappears, wanting Brady to represent her brother.

Hell bent a novel