Sun 10 Mar, 2013 07:57 am - That is so much clearer, Roger. Thank you so much.
Honestly I am fascinated by this book, those some his other books could give me the feeling of hanging in mid air when he abruptly end a story... (view)
Sat 9 Mar, 2013 08:14 pm - Thank you, dalehileman. What confuses me most is the relationship between "couldn't find his way around a criminal proceeding" and "if his Riviera membership depended on... (view)
Sat 9 Mar, 2013 09:23 am - From The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly. At the beginning of the book, Michael Haller, the book's leading character was talking to the Chief Judge of LA Supreme Court about inheriting the... (view)
Sat 9 Mar, 2013 09:03 am - From [i]The Brass Verdict[/i] by Michael Connelly. During a direct examination, a sheriff's deputy tells the story of how he took a suspect charged with unlawful discharge of weapons to... (view)
Fri 8 Mar, 2013 09:14 am - I only vaguely feel that the phrase could mean "to remain silent in when encountered with a difficult situation", or in the sense of legal defense strategy, "to refrain from talking... (view)