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Barry Willdorf

Barry Willdorf

About

I am a graduate of Colby College and Columbia Law School. I am an AV rated trial attorney. My historical novel, The Flight of the Sorceress, (Wild Child Publishing, 2010) won a Global E-Book Award for best historical literature and was a finalist for a 2012 EPIC Historical Fiction award. Whiskey Creek Press published my mystery-thriller, Burning Questions, in August 2011 and my suspense-thriller A Shot in the Arm in April 2012. Another suspense-thriller, The Fourth Conspirator will be published in September 2012. I recently published an e-book, See You In Court!, "What lawyers' know about trials that YOU should too." It is available at Scribd and Smashwords.

Passion & Betrayal

Passion & Betrayal

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<p>(Book 1)<br />Betrayed by the woman he loved and on the verge of destitution, artist Jonathan Martinez channels his anguish and rage into what will become his greatest masterpiece—Passion and Betrayal. The painting, critically acclaimed, ushers him into the world of fine art and allows him to realize his dreams. Stepping out of the shadows, he transforms into Phillipe, a wealthy artist and sought-after bachelor who enjoys an extravagant lifestyle—including his pick of any woman he desires.<br /><br />But when Phillipe least expects, the woman who almost destroyed him returns on the arm of his agent. Despite his anger, she awakens the part of his soul he entombed long ago. The part of him that can never forget her, no matter how deeply he buries himself in his art.<br /><br />With everything he's accomplished at stake, can Phillipe overpower the demons that haunt him and learn to love again? Or will his heart remain a shattered work of art that can never be restored?</p>

Story Behind The Book

The story was inspired by an actual trial I did in Marin County in the late 1970s.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond;">In <em>A Shot in the Arm</em>, Barry Willdorf once more writes up a storm.  Just as in the previous installment, <em>Burning Questions</em>, attorney Nate Lewis bumbles his way into a dark murder plot, but it's the reader who gets hooked.  Willdorf’s <span>re-creation of period is right on the money, and his characters rock.</span> <span>His trilogy is a brilliant creation!  </span>I wasn't able to put the book down.<span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:Garamond;">Mark Rudd, author of <em>Underground: My life in SDS and the Weathermen</em></span></strong><span style="font-family:Garamond;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Garamond;"> </span></em></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond;">A fast-moving novel. Plenty of twists and turns. The legal details are sharp; the drinking and drugging and low life neighborhoods are Day-Glo vivid.  I was glad to know there’s at least one more novel out there about Nate Lewis and his world. <strong>Meredith Sue Willis, author of <em>Ten Strategies to Write Your Novel</em> </strong>and <strong><em>Out of the Mountains</em> </strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond;">The latest in Barry Willdorf's noir-ish series is a detective story with a sense of geography, a sense of morality, and a sense of humor. Set in San Francisco in the 1970s and written by a lawyer with street cred who lived through those turbulent times, <em>A Shot in the Arm</em> is also a blast to read. Just add java. <strong>Frances Lefkowitz, author of <em>To Have Not</em>.</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:Garamond;"> </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond;">Barry Willdorf knows the lawyer's brain and feels the City's heart, producing a non-stop thrill-ride through San Francisco in the early 70s as a &quot;people's lawyer&quot; and his waitress girlfriend try to escape a web of smack, shady rehab, covert operations and murder. Gripping. Exciting. Add &quot;A Shot in the Arm&quot; to the classic tales of the City by the Bay. <strong>Hilton Obenzinger, author of </strong></span><span class="citation"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Garamond;">Cannibal Eliot</span></em></strong></span><span class="citation"><span style="font-family:Garamond;"> <strong><em>and the Lost Histories of San Francisco </em></strong>and <strong><em>Busy Dying</em></strong></span></span><span class="citation"><span style="font-family:Garamond;">.</span></span></p>