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Summary: Weighty legal thriller
Review: Mike Dooher is a successful and utterly self-centred San Francisco lawyer,head of a major legal firm which does the bulk of its business with the city Catholic archdiocese.He falls in love with Christine a young law student and sets out to marry her,not in the least phased by the fact he is already married,or that she is engaged to a young attorney in his employ.The only morality he acknowledges is his own success and desires.Realising he must murder his wife that is precisely what he does.He engages a friend WeS Farrell to defend him in the resulatant trial .Farrell despite becoming convinced of his guilt takes the case
There is no "who dun it"aspect to the book which revolves around "Will he get away with it and if so how and at what cost,professionally and personally?
The OJ overtones are clear but what gives the book its strengths are the characterization and its psychological depth.the lawyers are well drawn as is Abe Glitzky the Jewish/Afro-American cop who is a regular in Lescroarts books
I especially liked the depiction of the relationship between Farrell and Samantha a rape crises centre worker with whom he develops a relationship
Not blood and thunder but a well and carefully wrought book with something to say
Rating: 
Summary: NO SLEEP UNTIL THE END!!!
Review: On the back of the book, a critic raved that you shouldn't read this book during the week because you'll be up all night trying to finish the book. Fortunately, I started it over the weekend and finished it in one day. It is a fun mystery read ~~ gripping too. You can't put this book down without knowing what's going to happen next. I really like the humor that Lescroart injected into the book. And though some of the lawyer terms are technical ~~ he was good about explaining the terms in layman's terms so I can understand it without feeling like a dunce. Dooher is the main character ~~ suspected of killing his wife. Christina, the gorgeous woman who falls in love with Dooher, stands by her man. Wes Farrell is another lawyer who defends his best friend Tom Dooher from the charges ... and all of their lives are changed by his actions and statements. Glitzy (I'm not sure of the spelling here) is the investigator who is hot on Dooher's trail. And they all make for an interesting read as they work to solve the mystery. I picked this book up by accident ~~ and though it doesn't rate to be my favorite book of the year, it did pass a lovely, lazy Sunday afternoon time with lots of ease and suspense. If you're looking for a book with mystery and gripping suspense, I would recommend this book. But be warned, once you pick it up, you won't be able to put it down. Best for a long air flight or for a lazy Sunday afternoon in the garden.
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