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.
kirstyreadsandcreates's review against another edition
3.0
Really enjoyed this book. There was lots of suspense and I liked the twist at the end. This has made me want to look into his other novels - the writing is very good.
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
confuzzledbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Paul Madriani is assigned a case to defend a well-known geniticist, Dr. David Crone, when he is accused of murdering a colleague, Dr. Kalista Jordan. All the evidences point towards him, and Paul, at one point, is even sure that he's defending the wrong client, until all of a sudden a major witness is found dead with a note which may prove Dr. Crone's innocence.
The characters are well explored and all the back stories are well thought of. I liked Harry Hinds, his law firm partner, he was full of humor and sarcastic comments. I actually looked forward to his interactions with Crone.
But the book definitely had it cons. This was my first time trying a legal thriller and a Steve Martini book at that, but I was left disappointed. It wasn't like the plot was boring or the characters were unlikeable, it just felt long and tedious. Yes, I couldn't figure out who was responsible for the crime, but I somehow had to push through more than half of the book to get to that. The first 60-70 pages were just full of information which reminded me of my FMT classes.
The characters are well explored and all the back stories are well thought of. I liked Harry Hinds, his law firm partner, he was full of humor and sarcastic comments. I actually looked forward to his interactions with Crone.
But the book definitely had it cons. This was my first time trying a legal thriller and a Steve Martini book at that, but I was left disappointed. It wasn't like the plot was boring or the characters were unlikeable, it just felt long and tedious. Yes, I couldn't figure out who was responsible for the crime, but I somehow had to push through more than half of the book to get to that. The first 60-70 pages were just full of information which reminded me of my FMT classes.
sathyasekar's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars.. a rather typical courtroom potboiler surrounding a murder. Most of the book is to do with the proceedings in the court and the investigation of the Defense. This is the better part of the book. It gets rather dull at times but you still are encouraged to keep moving through the book.There is a small portion of denouement which is very weak and rather unnecessary.
Overall, a decent snappy read.
Overall, a decent snappy read.
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