Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 4/29/2016 + 1223 more book reviews

I enjoyed this latest Grisham novel about a lawyer, Sebastian Rudd, who has his office in a black bulletproof van, carries a gun, has an unlisted number, and takes on cases that no one else will touch. The book has Rudd in the middle of several different cases including defending a wrongly accused teen of the murder of a pair of young twin girls; helping an older man in a case against the city whose police force wrongfully invaded his house and ended up killing his wife; and trying to keep a young cage fighter, Tadeo, who Rudd has a financial interest in, from serving a long prison sentence for killing the referee after he loses a bout. Along with his legal cases, Rudd is in constant battle with his ex-wife, Judith, who tries her best to get the courts to take away Rudd's visitation rights with his young son. Also in the mix, is a case of kidnapping and sex trafficking with Rudd trying to find out the fate of a police chief's kidnapped daughter.

I have read several reviews of this book and they have been pretty mixed with some saying that the book is a ripoff of Michael Connelly's Mickey Haller series. I haven't read any of that series so I really can't comment on that but overall, I thought this novel was very well written and I would recommend it along with most of Grisham's work.

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