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Summary: Are The Book And Movie The Same? Or Different?
Review: As usual the book is better than the movie. Having seen the movie first, I hesitated reading this legal thriller about a woman who is a Harvard law professor and a highly regarded defense attorney who defends her husband in a military trial. He is accused of killing 87 unarmed civilians in San Salvador thirteen years previous. He had been living with wife Claire Heller Chapman as Tom Chapman, a new identity for this Special Forces soldier named Ronald Kubik.Claire is shocked and overwhelmed when he is arrested and charged. After realizing he will be convicted quickly in a military court, she decides to apply her skill as a gifted defense attorney and defend him. She must learn the nuances of military jurisprudence, so she hires ex-JAG attorney, Charles O. Grimes III ( Morgan Freeman in the movie). Claire wants desperately to believe her husband is not a killer, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. As the evidence is presented, she raises creative challenges that would normally cause reasonable doubt in a civilian jury. However, the judge doesn't give her any favorable rulings and Claire realizes she is working against a stacked deck. This realization helps extinguish any lingering doubt that something is wrong and convinces her of Tom's professed innocence. This multi-layered plot helped erase my own doubt about the time I spent reading a story of which I already knew the outcome. There is enough difference in the storyline as well as in the complexity of the plot that I was actually unsure if the book would end in the same way as the movie. There is enough difference to recommend the book for both those who have seen the movie and those who haven't to find out how it ends. I think you will be pleasantly satisfied.
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Summary: wow
Review: I started to read this book during a boring day at work. I could not put it down! This is one of the best thrillers i've read in a very long time, probably since i finished the majority of robin cook's books years ago. High Crimes is truely a riveting page turner. The only thing that saddens me is that apparently the movie version is going to be completely different! Tom's assumed name is Tom Kubic and his real identity is Ronald Chapman and the story doesn't take place in Cambridge as Finder writes but in Marin County, CA. There's no Annie either...well you know what they always say..."the book is better than the movie".
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Summary: WHAT A GREAT WRITER!!!!!!
Review: High Crimes captures the reader from the very first chapter. The plot is simple -- happy marriage until a past secret is revealed and then all hell breaks loose. Military politics, courtroom drama and an ending that will totally shock the reader. Limited characters make this easy to read. I love the short chapters because it makes it easy to follow. I read Joseph Finder's Paranoia, which is another great book. This is fiction at its very best!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Nearly impossible to put down!!
Review: High Crimes was almost impossible to put down. Thankfully I read this book over the Thanksgiving holiday, when some serious time could be allocated to relaxing and reading. High Crimes is a fast-paced, enjoyable read from the very beginning. There is action, excitement, intrigue, and frequent plot twists. In the story itself, law professor Claire Chapman comes to defend her husband, Tom Chapman, against charges that he committed a military atrocity under a different identity while serving in the US Army. Although some of the action is predictable, confusion, uncertainty, and surprise is the general rule, thus driving the reader to want to read "just one more chapter." I strongly recommend High Crimes. It should prove to be an entertaining read. The only downside is that it will be over all to quickly.
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Summary: A great fast read for courtroom/thriller fans...
Review: I devour books of this genre and would recommend _High Crimes_ as an engrossing quick read. I also appreciate that a Mr. Finder has focused on a female protagonist. I was disturbed by his inconsistent references to her age at different points in her history. On p.4, which takes place in 1998, she is "mid thirties," yet on p.5, she is described as an "old Sixties Liberal." Was she protesting before she was 8? Or is she a 60's STYLE Liberal? On p. 258, "Mommy, however, was a thousand miles away, and almost two decades. Mommy was twenty-three now." Suddenly she's 43 in 1998? I noticed other inconsistencies in more technical aspects as well, but it seems to me that knowing the age and history of your main character is pretty basic stuff. Makes one wonder if this book was written as fast as I was able to read it.
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Summary: Joseph Finder is a great find!!!
Review: I became familiar with this author's name after reading reviews of his new book, PARANOIA. So, I put that one on reserve at the library and checked out HIGH CRIMES. What a great book! I love court room dramas anyway, and this one was gripping. Claire is defending her husband who has been arrested on charges of committing 87 murders during a wartime slaughter. Lawyer Claire takes on the job of defending him in a military trial. The trial itself is fascinating, but that ending is a blockbuster and so unexpected. Now I find that it has been made into a movie, and I want to see it. I hope they didn't change a thing. I really recommend this book for all readers who enjoy a good thriller.
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Summary: Wonderful!!!!
Review: What a great action, drama. Suspense that will blow your mind. The book is full of twist and action. This is one the is hard to put down.
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Summary: Is your husband who you think he is? (3.5 stars)
Review: High Crimes begins with great promise: idyllic lives are shattered with the sudden appearance of federal agents with the intent of arresting the husband of successful attorney and law professor, Claire Heller Chapman. The arrest warrant is for Ron Kubick, not Tom Chapman, the name by which Claire had always known her husband. To add to Claire's astonishment, Ron/Tom escapes from the agents through a series of highly athletic and violent escape moves that an investment consultant could scarcely possess. As it turns out, Ron has evaded answering for war crimes that he allegedly committed some thirteen years prior as a member of an ultra-secret special operations unit. Part of the evasion was the creation of an entirely new person. Claire, convinced of her husband's innocence, decides to defend him despite her ignorance of the workings of military justice. About half of the book is concerned with the actions of Claire and her two attorney partners, one a black man rescued off of a scrap heap and the other a young JAG officer, in dealing with military trial procedures and is somewhat interesting. The plot, though perhaps a bit on both the unbelievable and predictable sides, moves fairly steadily. It is in the area of character development and interactions that the book exhibits some shortcomings. Some of the characters' actions just do not feel right. A petite attorney kneeing her husband in the groin after a reunion under trying circumstances seems bizarre. The interactions with the six year old daughter are especially grating. Numerous other exchanges seem spliced together. One reviewer comments on the improved dialog. There is still a ways to go. High Crimes has a good overall story line, but the discontinuities, as noted, do not help it. Not having read other Finder books, it will be interesting to see if a smoother presentation can be found in other and future books.
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Summary: Irresistible!
Review: Though Joseph Finder's incredible thriller, "High Crimes," starts a little clumsily, it quickly gains momentum and becomes one of the best crime thrillers I've read in a long time! The plot is well-conceived and executed with enough adrenaline-churning moments to give the weak of spirit heart attacks. Despite a few minor inconsistencies in detail, "High Crimes" layers the intrigue and suspense inescapably. Finder does a phenomenal job of revving the tension to the right RPM to push this military/civilian thriller over the redline. This novel was one of those page-turners we hope every book will turn out to be.
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Summary: High Crimes... Simply Amazing!!
Review: I really enjoyed this book I could of read it in one sitting but I like to make books like that last. I literally did not want it to end.The plot and the story line all fall into place perfectly. Every time that I started reading it I would just fall in between the lines and I could visualize everything. I still have not seen the movie but I know it is just as thrilling. Joseph Finder is simply amazing
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