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harvio's review against another edition
3.0
- not a bad legal thriller, all in all
- made more interesting for me personally by the character dying of (pediatric) Huntington's Disease
- I would try another Martini novel
- made more interesting for me personally by the character dying of (pediatric) Huntington's Disease
- I would try another Martini novel
nedhayes's review against another edition
4.0
Solid legal thriller I know from my days in Bellingham Washington.
cpalisa's review against another edition
3.0
This was okay...I love criminal procedure/courtroom drama novels and this wasn't really one of those. Not a whole lot of courtroom action and the title is a bit misleading. I like the Paul Madriani books in general, however, so I gave it 3 stars. Not my favorite but it was okay. I thought I knew who "dunnit" and I was wrong, so that always makes it a little more interesting.
spacecomics's review against another edition
4.0
Very much like a Perry Mason courtroom drama / whodunnit. Kept me turning the pages to the end. Only thing I didn't like was the way the protagonist jumped to a conclusion, at one point, based on feeble evidence, mostly assumption, and went off half-cocked--but of course it turns out he was right. That was just one small part of the plot, the rest was superior, good characters, good ending.
stevia333k's review against another edition
I did not finish this book. I didn't even make it out of the first chapter... Basically i got shook over who the murder victim was... God forbid someone tries to improve their life! I would've wanted a book where they were alive instead... Sigh.
ncrabb's review against another edition
David Crone is accused of murdering a colleague at a southern California university as the book opens, and it’s up to Paul Madriani and his law partner, Harry Hinds, to clear Crone.
Crone was involved in secretive and controversial genetics research, and his lab partner, Kalista Jordan, accused him of sexual harassment. Not long thereafter, Jordan is found strangled to death, and the killer used industrial cable ties. I’m never again going to see those as harmless. Granted, I’ve not used the really big ones, so I had no idea they had a tensile strength of up to 250 pounds. Yikes!
When a key witness apparently commits suicide, the case becomes increasingly murky. You won’t see the end coming.
Crone was involved in secretive and controversial genetics research, and his lab partner, Kalista Jordan, accused him of sexual harassment. Not long thereafter, Jordan is found strangled to death, and the killer used industrial cable ties. I’m never again going to see those as harmless. Granted, I’ve not used the really big ones, so I had no idea they had a tensile strength of up to 250 pounds. Yikes!
When a key witness apparently commits suicide, the case becomes increasingly murky. You won’t see the end coming.
sharranya's review against another edition
3.0
Enjoyed reading this one but was able to figure out the killer pretty early on.
harvio's review against another edition
3.0
- not a bad legal thriller, all in all
- made more interesting for me personally by the character dying of (pediatric) Huntington's Disease
- I would try another Martini novel
- made more interesting for me personally by the character dying of (pediatric) Huntington's Disease
- I would try another Martini novel