Author's new book "The Burning Gavel" receives a warm literary welcome

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Readers' Favorite announces the review of the Fiction - Mystery - Legal book "The Burning Gavel" by Norman Shabel, currently available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BYT9KGJS.

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"Reviewed By Viga Boland for Readers' Favorite

Usually, a book described as a 444-page legal thriller is enough to send me searching the shelves for something else to read. Thankfully, a quick peruse of Norman Shabel's bio made me pause. It's impressive, and so is his novel, The Burning Gavel. I found myself so immersed in the plot line and the characters, that the pages just flew by and when I closed the novel, it was with a satisfied smile. What a great read The Burning Gavel turned out to be. The courtroom drama is centered on the case of a man, Tim Lowry, very badly burned in a deep steam pipe accident. His lawyer, Mel Levine, has a battle on his hands getting a just financial settlement from the four lawyers representing the companies being sued. Making matters worse, there is a biased judge who has it in for Levine and obstructs his every effort at a fair settlement, even going so far as jailing Levine overnight for contempt. Do Lowry and Levine have any hope of winning?

I became thoroughly involved in the courtroom dramatics, thanks to Norman Shabel's excellent writing skills, but I most enjoyed what went on outside the courtroom: Mel Levine's self-deprecating humor; his sexual/romantic escapades; his reminiscences of his family's home life and his ongoing personal battle with his lawyering skills. In a lesser-skilled writer's hands, such backstories seem intrusive; in Shabel's hands, they embellish the story and bring the characters to life with their humanity. To describe The Burning Gavel as only a legal thriller is an injustice. Instead, it's an often amusing and touching story about humanity at its worst and its best...and a must-read!"

You can learn more about Norman Shabel and "The Burning Gavel" at https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/the-burning-gavel where you can read reviews and the author's biography, as well as connect with the author directly or through their website and social media pages.
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