While the cause of the man's death is not in doubt, the State has an abundance of circumstantial evidence that points to the crime being premeditated. Neufeld, a professor of linguistics and psychology has no such advantage, yet he proves himself fully capable of keeping up with the professionals in his suspenseful and entertaining entry into the genre.įorrest Spencer, a criminal lawyer whose skill and dedication to his calling has unfortunately resulted in getting too many criminals back on the streets, finds himself representing a young Mexican man, Miguel Martinez, who inadvertently killed a drunk police detective who attacked him. Writers like John Grisham, Steve Martini, and Scott Turow have kept the tradition alive with numerous bestsellers, capitalizing on their own law careers to write realistic courtroom dramas. Legal thrillers have captivated readers since the era of pulp magazines when emerging attorney-turned-author Erle Stanley Gardner first created the iconic Perry Mason. Metallic clicks signaled that the man was about to fire." The object the guy held was unquestionably a gun, pointed at his face. The subtext in the novel underlines the injustice of capital punishment given the number of executions in the US of people found afterward to be not guilty of the crime.Īvailable in Print, Kindle and Audio Format
Since readers know who the real villain is as of the prologue, the mystery lies in how an innocent man accused of murder can be plucked from California's unforgiving prosecutory machine when evidence against the defendant is iron-clad. In this context, the novel does seek to entertain as do most works of fiction.
This book, as others in this series, has been dubbed a legal thriller.
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