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In the Name of Honor
In the Name of Honor
Author: Richard North Patterson
The McCarran's and the Gallaghers, Two families with deep ties to the military, have been close for decades. Soon after Lieutenant Brian McCarran returns from a tour in Iraq - traumatized by experiences he will not reveal-he shoots and kills his commanding officer, the husband of his lifelong friend Kate Gallagher. Brian claims self-defense,and ...  more »
ISBN: 291350
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 398
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Publisher: Henry Holt
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Richard North Patterson is one of my favorite authors, and I was reminded again why when I read In the Name of Honor. Patterson shows why he is one of the best legal thriller writers with this tale of an Army officer who shoots his former commander after they return from Iraq. The protagonist is Captain Paul Terry, the JAG officer who is assigned to defend him shortly before he is supposed to leave the military for a plush job in New York City. Terry has to deal with his client's family and the extended family of the deceased while navigating a military court martial and probing his client's PTSD and memory loss surrounding the shooting. The plot was good and I did not see the twist of the climax coming. But as always, Patterson's strength is his finely-drawn characters and their relationships. I had a hard time putting this book down, and I anxiously await Patterson's next novel.

My only complaint is that he got some of the military details wrong, but I am also an Iraq veteran, so the average reader probably wouldn't notice the mistakes.
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A good read. Gives you a good grasp of the military justice system.


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