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“Joey Hartstone is a consummate storyteller. In The Local, he crafts a razor-sharp thriller reminiscent of the best of Grisham. Filled with simmering tensions, abiding rivalries, and the heady atmosphere of small-town southern America, it’s slick, smart and—to my delight—undeniably sexy.” —Kia Abdullah, author of Take it Back.
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BOOKS. THE LOCAL. “The plot is gripping, and Hartstone, a...
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Picking up one year after the events of the final episode of...
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Joey Hartstone is a film and television writer. He has...
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Joey Hartstone is a film and television writer. He has written two feature films, LBJ (2016) and Shock and Awe (2017), which were both directed by Rob Reiner. He wrote on the first two seasons of the legal drama The Good Fight. He is currently the showrunner and an executive producer on the Showtime series Your Honor.
Joey Hartstone is a film and television writer. He has written two feature films, LBJ (2016) and Shock and Awe (2017), which were both directed by Rob Reiner. He wrote on the first two seasons of the legal drama The Good Fight. He is currently a writer on the Showtime series Your Honor. Joey lives in Los Angeles with his family.
Joey Hartstone is a television and film writer. He’s written two movies, “LBJ” and “Shock and Awe”, both of which were directed by Rob Reiner. Joey’s also been a writer for “The Good Fight” during its first two seasons and writes on “Your Honor”, a Showtime series.
14 Jun 2022 · Joey Hartstone is a new, resonant voice in commercial fiction, and his debut is a small-town legal thriller as big in scope as Texas. The Local crackles with tension, high stakes gambits, and a gangbuster narrative that races to the final, shocking verdict.
14 Jun 2022 · A freewheeling, small-town attorney takes on a national murder trial when an out-of-town client is accused of killing a federal judge in Texas. “A spectacular courtroom thriller that kept me turning pages like the best of Grisham or Turow."
BOOKS. THE LOCAL. “The plot is gripping, and Hartstone, a veteran screenwriter, sketches his characters with real verve and affection.” - The New York Times, Editors' Choice. “The finest legal thriller debut since Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent...” - The Daily Mail. ORDER NOW.
