For the Defendant

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Summary: A Great Summer Thriller !
Review: A real page turner! I don't usually read this kind of fiction, but this one really jumped off the page for me. It reads like a great episode of CSI or a good 'ture crime' type movie. The plot has many twists and turns, skillfully managing to weave together disparate characters and themes. Be prepared for a wild ride - it jumps quickly from character to character building the foundation of interrelated sub-plots and connections that bring the book to a thrilling climax! I can't wait for the next installment!

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Summary: Felt Like a Kangaroo
Review: I felt like a kangaroo jumping around from character to character and from event to event. It was difficult to follow this book and I found myself almost "relieved" to get to the end of it. The characters could have been fewer and better developed while accomplishing the same storyline. However, to be fair, my spouse read it and thought it was great, so......

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Summary: A great read!
Review: I loved this book and couldn't put it down! Fast paced and intelligent, it kept me guessing until the very end!!! Janna and Jack are witty and sharp characters. The author does an amazing job of bringing you into the story. Fantastic!

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Summary: A great read!
Review: I loved this book and couldn't put it down! Fast paced and intelligent, it kept me guessing until the very end!!! Janna and Jack are witty and sharp characters. The author does an amazing job of bringing you into the story. Fantastic!

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Summary: Great Plot
Review: I read a lot of mysteries and thrillers, and have to say that this book kept me rivted from the beginning until the very last page. The plotting was incredible! I find that many of the books in this genre tend to be formulaic and predictable; this one was not. A deviant serial killer in Chicago, an idealistic attorney and believable cops, make up the cast of characters. I only wish that this book had been longer, and that there had been time for more elaborate character development. I will be watching for Schrader's next book eagerly.

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Summary: Engrossing
Review: I read lots and lots of thrillers. This one is good. The main character is a strong female who has just branched out in her own law office. Her first client is a pompous doctor who may or may not be guilty of the charges against him.

The author manages to show us both side of most of the main players without giving the ending away.

The writing is not too technical and the author manages not to draw out the courtroom scenes too long.

You will not be able to figure out how all the players fit into the puzzle until the very end.

This was a wonderful book and I look forward to more from E.G. Schrader. ALSO LOVED THE BOOK COVER -

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Summary: A book i thoroughly enjoyed
Review: If i had 1 complaint about this book it would be the far too numerous minor charecters in this book that got in teh way of each other. Other then that, i thought the book was very interesting. This book was definitely a page turner as i finished this book in less then a day. I do enjoy the female lead, a defense attorney, however i wonder if her charecter in future books will go back to the DA's office as it seems she has a heart and mind being a prosecutor.

Needless to say i'm looking forward to her next book.

Also good to see the setting be based in chicago. =)

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Summary: Fast & Excellent Read!
Review: This book read so fast - I just couldn't put it down! I bought copies for my thriller-reader friends. I can't wait for the next book from E.G. Schrader

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Summary: Great Chicagoland Mystery-Thriller
Review: This is a fast moving, quick read. I enjoyed the story and yet the author did not get too technical when legal issues were involved. Fun reading and enjoyable. Leaves one wondering where the relationship between the two key players - the lawyer and the detective - will go. Provided great insight into the Cook County Court and Detention system while keeping one interested in the characters as opposed to the environment in which they operated. Good Read. I look forward to more from EG Schrader - possibly more of Janna and her detective.

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Summary: The worst mystery I ever read
Review: This was a horrible legal "mystery" and I don't know how or why others rated it so highly! The reader knows who the killer is from page one, and what the subplots are and how they will evolve. The so-called red herrings are transparent.There are God- knows-how- many-loose ends. The protagonist could have been from any profession-- she did not have to be an attorney since she does almost no court work, there is no trial and she does not even have the sense to make sure her client gives her a release for psychiatric information.

She doesn't even guess the killer --the solution is handed to her and her erstwhile boyfriend,the detective. The characters, from the detectives and lawyers to the killer, are barely one-dimensional. A total waste of time.