I love noir fiction. And there are few better than Doug J. Swanson, whose protagonist is Dallas private investigator Jack Flippo. Listen to this from his novel 96 Tears:

Jack thought about big, nasty surprises, how they shouldn’t happen. Not if you asked all the right questions, not if you paid attention. You only had to be alert for the signs: the spot on the skin, the smoke on the wind, the noise at the window, the unreturned kiss. See it coming. That was the trick.

Lawyers are people who need to see it coming — whether “it” is a sticky suit, a bad witness, a shady client, or a back-stabbing colleague. Here are 10 warning signs to help you do just that.

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