mystery/legal thriller/Maine
Cold Snap
by Woody Hanstein
Audenreed Press
A Division of Biddle Publishing Company
"Cold Snap" is a sequel to "Not Proven," Woody Hanstein's first legal thriller. Pete Morris, is a
small-town lawyer who thinks "accidents do happen" after Ziggy Richards falls sixty-one feet to his
death from the courthouse roof. But then a family's painful past starts closing in around Morris like the
bitter cold of a January night. And suddenly, the bad things happening don't seem so accidental.
ISBN: 1-879418-59-2
©2000
$12.00 US
Softcover 256 Pages
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REVIEWS
"Uncompromisingly honest..This is a story that does not flinch, not ever."
—Lewiston Sun Journal
"..a plain and simple story, artfully woven. (Hanstein's) writing is delightfully simple and clear."
—Bangor Daily News
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Woody Hanstein, also known as Walter Hanstein III, is a well-known trial lawyer and has been involved in a number of high-profile criminal and civil trials in recent years. He has also argued a dozen cases in Maine Supreme Court.
Three times, he has represented defendants who were found innocent by reason of insanity in prominent murder trials. Most notable was Mark Bechard, who in 1996 was accused of brutally killing two nuns and wounding two others at Servants of the Blessed Sacrament convent in Waterville.
In the aftermath of those acquittals, Woody Hanstein strongly criticized the state's Forensic Service and played a role in changing the system, making it easier for Maine's most mentally ill citizens to obtain fairer trials.
He also describes himself as a crusader for citizens' legal rights in the so-called war on drugs in Maine, and he is trying to challenge one of those laws before the U.S. Supreme Court.