Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster, will be publishing this book in June. They provided me an ebook for review (thank you). Check with your local bookstore for a copy.
I was not aware of this author or his series of books with the character of David Sloane, but I'm glad I've found him now. This is fascinating read. It reads well as a stand alone story, you need not buy the whole series (unless you want to).
David Sloane is a widower and has taken some time off to heal his grief over the loss of his wife by visiting Mexico. Now he's home and going back to work. He literally bumps into Barclay Reid as he's leaving an evening event related to work and he finds himself attracted to her.
My favorite part of this story is the search for evidence to provide a reasonable doubt about the facts provided by the investigators and prosecutor; and the word play and fancy positioning of said facts to remove the effectiveness of the point the other attorney is trying to make. If you've ever testified in court, you'll recognize some of these tactics. I find the mind games played in court intriguing. It's not always who had the most facts and made the best case; it's how it was presented and what the jury read in your words.
This story has a very ironic ending. I was hoping for justice and thought maybe it been hoodwinked on the way to the trial, but justice does prevail. Just in a different way.
This was a very good read with lots of police procedural and pithy attorney wordplay. Why not get a copy and take a trip to court, too? It's well worth your time.
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