Gerald D. McLellan

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The Novel, "Old City Hall"
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts finds himself embroiled in a messy, high stakes, politically charged,divorce case where he is pitted against Attorney Ted Eldridge, a lawyer whom he has alienated in the past and who now seeks to bring the Governor down. Genetic markers raise the question of paternity of Danny, the twelve year old child of the Governor and his wife Margaret, who herself is battling her own demons.
As the case unfolds, the events that involve the Governor and his paramour, the Judge sitting on his case, and the Italian bookies in Boston's North End play themselves out in a dramatic, courtroom whirlwind of controversy and intrigue. The characterizations ring true and the flaws of the participants are demonstrated in graphic detail in this suspenseful narrative.
Interwoven in the plot is the heartbreaking revelation of the terrible inadequacy of the Massachusetts divorce system as related in the author's action sequences played out in open court and behind closed doors in the elegant high rises of downtown Boston. The author, himself a former Massachusetts divorce court judge, expertly provides a courtroom showcase that is graphic, compelling and impressively accurate.
What elevates the novel in addition, is the interesting descriptions of the City of Boston including the financial district, the State House and Beacon Hill where the action occurs.

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"A PERMANENT BOND"

Another exciting novel by Gerald D. McLellan . This thriller is a contest between the Republic Of China and the United States of America over a discovery by a Boston M.I.T. scientist that is bound to change the world's shipping industry if not the world's entire industrial complex. A kidnapping by Boston's Chinatown Tongs, a Suffolk County divorce and murder enhance the excitement of McLellan's second novel.

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McLellan's second novel,will be released in the coming months and is bound to be a stimulating adventure for the reader. The action takes place in Shanghai,Virginia Beach, Boston's Chinatown and in the exclusuve downtown offices of Boston's pre-emminent divorce lawyers.When Ben Leavitt makes a revolutionary discovery in his loft in South Boston, everything in his life changes: his wife leaves him and begins a messy divorce, his son is kidnapped and murder over Ben's discovery between two warring Boston Tongs becomes rampant. Former Massachusetts Appeals Court Judge,Ted Eldridge, once again finds himself in the middle of a difficult divorce case and even more, is sanctioned by the Masssachusetts Board of Bar Overseers and is indicted by the Suffolk County Grand Jury for perjury. All in all an exciting, memorable, international thriller filled with intrigue and suspense.

The Author
The author is a former Associate Justice of the Probate and Family Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has written several volumes concerning divorce practice in Massachusetts and one book published nationally on the same subject. He has practiced Family Law for over twenty-five years, a former member of the adjunct faculty of Western New England Law School and is a former fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Old City Hall was his first novel, A Permanent Bond is his second.