A review by candacesiegle_greedyreader
The Final Case by David Guterson

3.0

"The Final Case" is a lot. There's an attorney in his 80's asked to defend Betsy Harvey, a woman accused of killing her adopted Ethiopian daughter in an especially protracted and heartrending way. The novel is narrated by the attorney's son who reconnects with his father by being his chauffeur and back-up in the case. The writing is piercing, but fundamentalist Christians are becoming the go-to option for people who do something terrible but think it is right. I'm still thinking about this novel without being able to understand anyone's motivation.