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    Audiobook13 hours

    Star Witness

    Written by D. W. Buffa

    Narrated by Buck Schirner

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    Star Witness is about a man on trial for murder - a man recognized as one of the film industry's most successful writers/directors, a man of almost mythic drive and talent, and someone who looks more guilty with every passing witness. Attorney Joseph Antonelli - suave, philosophical, fearless, and cagey - takes up the director's defense for the murder of his wife, the actress every woman wants to be and every man wants to possess. Despite Antonelli's flawless examination of the prosecution's witnesses, the jury finds fewer and fewer reasons to doubt. Then the director shows Antonelli the script he considers his masterpiece - a re-imagining of Orson Welles's Citizen Kane - with a visionary film director as its hero. In this story-within-a-story, the accused reveals his version of the tragedy - the secrets of his marriage, and the ominous events that led to his wife's death. In it we see the way art can imitate life - and unmask a killer even the court can't find.

    Star Witness is a breath-taking novel about the nature of fame and the ever-confusing intersection of truth and fantasy, dream and desire.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 16, 2017
    ISBN9781543612370
    Author

    D. W. Buffa

    D. W. Buffa completed a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Chicago and worked as a defense attorney for ten years. The author of legal thrillers, including The Defense, The Prosecution, and The Judgment, he now lives in Northern California.

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    • 3/5
      Star Witness is a legal thriller featuring Buffa’s familiar character of Joseph Antonelli, a gritty, bar-room brawling type of lawyer, who is defending Hollywood studio mogul Joseph Roth, accused of murdering his wife, a high profile actress working on one of his films. There are a list of potential suspects other than Roth, including Roth’s partner who is trying to take over the studio, his wife’s ex-husband, and a cop, who is a wannabe screen writer. Through it all, Buffa tantalizes the reader with Roth revealing all about the dirty underbelly of Hollywood.There are some good aspects of the novel, including some intrigue and fireworks in the courtroom. It’s a solid read that generally keeps moving, but I didn’t find the characters to be all that believable. Also, the big reveal of how awful Hollywood felt a bit underwhelming. It seemed like the novel kept building toward this, and then when it finally delivered, it felt a bit ho-hum. All in all, this is a solid but unspectacular novel that has some entertainment value.Carl Alves – author of The Invocation