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Ben Kincaid #1
Primary Justice
A disillusioned young lawyer, dedicated to balancing the scales of justice, sacrifices his job at the D.A.'s office for a hot-shot position at a big corporate law firm, where he learns that attorneys' greed can often outweigh their morality
309 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1991
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About the author
William Bernhardt
99 books513 followersWilliam Bernhardt is the author of over sixty books, including the bestselling Daniel Pike and Ben Kincaid legal thrillers, the historical novels Challengers of the Dust and Nemesis, three books of poetry, and the ten Red Sneaker books on fiction writing.
In addition, Bernhardt founded the Red Sneaker Writers Center to mentor aspiring writers. The Center hosts an annual writers conference (WriterCon), small-group seminars, a monthly newsletter, and a bi-weekly podcast. More than three dozen of Bernhardt’s students have subsequently published with major houses. He is also the owner of Balkan Press, which publishes poetry and fiction as well as the literary journal Conclave.
Bernhardt has received the Southern Writers Guild’s Gold Medal Award, the Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Award (University of Pennsylvania) and the H. Louise Cobb Distinguished Author Award (Oklahoma State), which is given "in recognition of an outstanding body of work that has profoundly influenced the way in which we understand ourselves and American society at large." He has been nominated for the Oklahoma Book Award eighteen times in three different categories, and has won the award twice. Library Journal called him “the master of the courtroom drama.” The Vancouver Sun called him “the American equivalent of P.G. Wodehouse and John Mortimer.”
In addition to his novels and poetry, he has written plays, a musical (book and score), humor, children stories, biography, and puzzles. He has edited two anthologies (Legal Briefs and Natural Suspect) as fundraisers for The Nature Conservancy and the Children’s Legal Defense Fund. OSU named him “Oklahoma’s Renaissance Man.”
In his spare time, he has enjoyed surfing, digging for dinosaurs, trekking through the Himalayas, paragliding, scuba diving, caving, zip-lining over the canopy of the Costa Rican rain forest, and jumping out of an airplane at 10,000 feet. In 2013, he became a Jeopardy! champion winning over $20,000.
When Bernhardt delivered the keynote address at the San Francisco Writers Conference, chairman Michael Larsen noted that in addition to penning novels, Bernhardt can “write a sonnet, play a sonata, plant a garden, try a lawsuit, teach a class, cook a gourmet meal, beat you at Scrabble, and work the New York Times crossword in under five minutes.”
In addition, Bernhardt founded the Red Sneaker Writers Center to mentor aspiring writers. The Center hosts an annual writers conference (WriterCon), small-group seminars, a monthly newsletter, and a bi-weekly podcast. More than three dozen of Bernhardt’s students have subsequently published with major houses. He is also the owner of Balkan Press, which publishes poetry and fiction as well as the literary journal Conclave.
Bernhardt has received the Southern Writers Guild’s Gold Medal Award, the Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Award (University of Pennsylvania) and the H. Louise Cobb Distinguished Author Award (Oklahoma State), which is given "in recognition of an outstanding body of work that has profoundly influenced the way in which we understand ourselves and American society at large." He has been nominated for the Oklahoma Book Award eighteen times in three different categories, and has won the award twice. Library Journal called him “the master of the courtroom drama.” The Vancouver Sun called him “the American equivalent of P.G. Wodehouse and John Mortimer.”
In addition to his novels and poetry, he has written plays, a musical (book and score), humor, children stories, biography, and puzzles. He has edited two anthologies (Legal Briefs and Natural Suspect) as fundraisers for The Nature Conservancy and the Children’s Legal Defense Fund. OSU named him “Oklahoma’s Renaissance Man.”
In his spare time, he has enjoyed surfing, digging for dinosaurs, trekking through the Himalayas, paragliding, scuba diving, caving, zip-lining over the canopy of the Costa Rican rain forest, and jumping out of an airplane at 10,000 feet. In 2013, he became a Jeopardy! champion winning over $20,000.
When Bernhardt delivered the keynote address at the San Francisco Writers Conference, chairman Michael Larsen noted that in addition to penning novels, Bernhardt can “write a sonnet, play a sonata, plant a garden, try a lawsuit, teach a class, cook a gourmet meal, beat you at Scrabble, and work the New York Times crossword in under five minutes.”
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March 12, 2015
This was not necessarily a bad book; it is a legal thriller with a decent plot. The writing was a bit too sophomoric for my taste, and I found I was not picking up the book to read that often. When this happens, I delete the book and move on. With virtually hundreds of books available via Kindle Unlimited, I do not spend time on a book unless it has really gripped me with interest.
May 22, 2020
Primary Justice and Blind Justice are the first two books of this series. Pretty basic character development and plot. Again, no real emotional connection. I was going to read the next one in the series but the protagonist was charged with murder. Why do they do that? I don’t want this. I want a plot.
October 26, 2015
1.5 Stars: There was so much about this book that was irritating: the stereotyped characters; the unrealistic leaps in action; the 11th hour explanation of the mystery; and overall bad writing. It had gotten fairly good reviews, but I simply cannot fathom why. Don't waste your time with this book.
October 12, 2022
I really do not know what I feel about this book yet. There were some good parts but yet I don’t know about the whole story. I do like some of the characters but again, I really don’t know so I will read the next book in the series and go from there.
January 21, 2020
Being the first book in the series, this served as an introduction to the characters, in particular Ben Kincaid, a young idealistic lawyer beginning at a firm. He is assigned an adoption case as his first, and the case is seen as a favor to a large corporate client. What's unusual is that the young woman being adopted has a disability in which her short terms memories do not covert to long term. When the prospective adoptive father is murdered, Ben is drawn into the mystery of whodunnit. He has help from a quirky firm paralegal Christina. Several twists and turns ensue. I found the characters likable, and relatable, and enjoyed the book overall. I will definitely pick up others in this series.
July 14, 2017
This first book in the series almost balances out the moronic character of Ben Kincaid and the way that this story was written. It was difficult to finish the book but interestingly enough, I wanted to know how this story ended. I was expecting a good amount of legal courtroom appearances and some clever legal speak between attorney's. Ben Kincaid is anything but experienced and even worse, it looked like he didn't even go to law school. His heart was in the right place but he had absolutely no idea what he was doing. The conclusion to the 2 brutal murders in this story was really good, not your typical cookie cutter murder plot but I am really hoping that the next few novels of Ben Kincaid help him gain enough experience as an attorney to keep me reading.
October 21, 2017
Not for me. Ben Kincaid is just such a nothing character. He's wet, to use an old English expression. He's supposed to be a first-class lawyer, come from the DA's office to a large private firm, but he comes over more as the office post boy than anyone with drive or brains. He has no loyalty to his employer or his client, but wants the impossible notion of "justice". Well, I'd suggest if you want justice, don't become a lawyer. The only things I enjoyed in this were the lawyer jokes which one character inevitably tells Ben at every opportunity.
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February 14, 2018I liked the execution and realism of the consequences of law. Ultimately, a good read for those interested in the law, especially since it's set in Tulsa, and a book you won't be able to put down.
March 15, 2020
Quick read, fast paced with good characters and lots of loose ends left for sequels. Ben Kincaid is fresh out of law school and snags a job with Tulsa's biggest law firm. His first case is an handling an adoption for a vice president of a big company that does a lot of business with the firm. Kincaid is forced to dig deeper when the VP turns up dead and many skeletons come out of the closet, in the company, the law firm and the city. Bernhardt writes economically, but still builds good characters and stories with a few bizarre twists. Kincaid seems often more like a cop then he does a lawyer, but that may be the Tulsa PD's reluctance to get their hands dirty more then the story. Think a Midwestern Jack Ryan going to a Tulsa law firm instead of the CIA.
June 21, 2020
This is the first book in the series that is new to me even though it is almost 30 years old. It really interesting and I had some pretty some ideas about who we have committed the crimes but they were so many different things going on at once… It was actually very well done. I did catch myself thinking 21st century thoughts in the late 20th century-based novel… Why didn’t you use your cell phone oh yeah that’s right they we’re not common enough for just anybody to have one… What the fuck was very well written and I enjoyed the author very much. I’m really looking forward to the next book in the series and hope to read it soon. I’d like been quite a bit and I’d like Christina as well. I think I could like Mike… Of course will have to see what ends up happening. I’m sure we will see more of him.
August 18, 2019
Great Premise, Stunted Ending
I was enjoying the story. The plot was pretty strong and I was beginning to really become invested in the characters and all of the sudden it was like a high speed train had derailed and was quickly crashing into a tangled heap. The climax happened quickly and occurred almost out of no where and The resolution and ending was there before I realized it. It almost felt like the author was given a pAge limit by the publisher and he 'realized too late that he only had 10 pages left to wrap it all up.
I was enjoying the story. The plot was pretty strong and I was beginning to really become invested in the characters and all of the sudden it was like a high speed train had derailed and was quickly crashing into a tangled heap. The climax happened quickly and occurred almost out of no where and The resolution and ending was there before I realized it. It almost felt like the author was given a pAge limit by the publisher and he 'realized too late that he only had 10 pages left to wrap it all up.
December 24, 2017
A Trial by Fire
A wonderful beginning to this enduring saga, Primary Justice introduces us to young Kincaid, an idealistic, innocent young man just beginning his professional life. Throughout the intricate, fantastic plot he gradually learns hard lessons about the realities of modern law practice. The plot is intricate, the characters endearing and the end shocking. Who could ask for more?
A wonderful beginning to this enduring saga, Primary Justice introduces us to young Kincaid, an idealistic, innocent young man just beginning his professional life. Throughout the intricate, fantastic plot he gradually learns hard lessons about the realities of modern law practice. The plot is intricate, the characters endearing and the end shocking. Who could ask for more?
November 24, 2019
This is first in the Ben Kincaid series. Ben just hired on at a big firm in Tulsa and is assigned to a lawyer who is very hard on 1st year associates. Ben gets assigned an adoption case related to a big corporation. When the father, who is hoping to be the adopted dad is killed, Ben tries to find out why and by who, while trying to stay up with his duties as an associate. The story takes a lot of twists and turns. It is a good book.
June 21, 2020
This story starts with Ben handling a simple assignment related to an adoption. It ends up being much more involved.
The information related to the effort that Ben puts into investigating the murder of John Adams is well done.
The story keeps your interest all the way through. The ending is one that you might not expect. To find out what the result of Ben's investigation is and how his career is impacted, you must read the book. You won't be disappointed.
The information related to the effort that Ben puts into investigating the murder of John Adams is well done.
The story keeps your interest all the way through. The ending is one that you might not expect. To find out what the result of Ben's investigation is and how his career is impacted, you must read the book. You won't be disappointed.
February 19, 2025
What a great first book in a series. I can see why the series has been going for 18 books. Ben is a nice guy lawyer surrounded by cut throat corporate lawyers. Hs has a high moral compass, he bumbles his way through things, but wins in the end. Very entertaining read!
November 2, 2017
Ready for the second one
I picked this up without knowing anything about it. It was a surprise to see how much I enjoyed the character of Ben Kincaid. The plot was interesting also.
I picked this up without knowing anything about it. It was a surprise to see how much I enjoyed the character of Ben Kincaid. The plot was interesting also.
September 12, 2019
I read this series several years ago and when Bernhardt was a contestant on Jepordy a couple of years ago, I wanted to revisit Ben and his gang. It was ust as good as I remember and I look forward to reading the series again.
May 1, 2021
Excellent read
The author and editor did a fine job telling the story! The MC characterization was clear, logical and consistent! This was a good read with all of the twists and turns!
The author and editor did a fine job telling the story! The MC characterization was clear, logical and consistent! This was a good read with all of the twists and turns!
June 10, 2021
Wow!
The book is modern and traditional all in one. Love the Ben Kincaid character and his sidekick, Christine. Suspenseful, yet not too far out there. Held my interest until the very end.
The book is modern and traditional all in one. Love the Ben Kincaid character and his sidekick, Christine. Suspenseful, yet not too far out there. Held my interest until the very end.
March 25, 2013
Didn't finish the book. This book was to unrealistic. The cops call an attorney to identify a body because his business card is found on the man. Really?
June 14, 2015
Delightful reading.
Believable characters. Ben Kincaid is dedicated to truth and justice. Surprising ending, both good and bad. Will be reading more about Ben Kincaid.
Believable characters. Ben Kincaid is dedicated to truth and justice. Surprising ending, both good and bad. Will be reading more about Ben Kincaid.
August 19, 2021
Ben Kincaid isn’t fresh out of law school as the book opens, but he has always worked the public defender side of the desk. Not so in the opening pages of Primary Justice. He has signed on with a high-profile Tulsa law firm, and his only hope is that he can help others. Idealistic? No question.
His first case is a domestic situation. An employee of a client Ben’s firm represents seeks to adopt a disabled eight-year-old girl. Not super experienced in family law, Ben nonetheless agrees to take the case. He assures the older couple seeking the adoption that they must first find the birth parents, if at all possible, to ensure that they will place no obstacles in the way of the adoption. The aging dad wannabee finds the parents and loses his life in the process. Someone brutally murders him, and now Kincaid’s ex-brother-in-law, a Tulsa cop, needs help sleuthing out how the would-be father died.
The partners at the firm don’t want Kincaid involved in the investigations, but with the help of the flamboyantly dressed Christina, he digs and finds interesting answers that involve big bucks. Christina is an extraverted paralegal who spices her language with French phrases—no, no, not the kind of French we excuse ourselves for when we use profanity. This woman loves to drop French words and phrases into her speech, never mind she has no real knowledge of the language. She will become one of your favorite characters if you read this.
Before this finishes, additional people will die, and Ben’s client will endanger his life.
So why the less-than enthusiastic recommendation? Admittedly, I know nothing about practicing law. But Kincaid seems too wet behind the ears. He did a few years as a public defender but his extreme inexperience arguing before a judge costs him a case. Do public defenders never argue before a judge? There were elements of the character that seemed contradictory or incongruous to me.
That said, I will read the next book in the series in a few months. It has real promise, and I’d like to hope it just gets better.
His first case is a domestic situation. An employee of a client Ben’s firm represents seeks to adopt a disabled eight-year-old girl. Not super experienced in family law, Ben nonetheless agrees to take the case. He assures the older couple seeking the adoption that they must first find the birth parents, if at all possible, to ensure that they will place no obstacles in the way of the adoption. The aging dad wannabee finds the parents and loses his life in the process. Someone brutally murders him, and now Kincaid’s ex-brother-in-law, a Tulsa cop, needs help sleuthing out how the would-be father died.
The partners at the firm don’t want Kincaid involved in the investigations, but with the help of the flamboyantly dressed Christina, he digs and finds interesting answers that involve big bucks. Christina is an extraverted paralegal who spices her language with French phrases—no, no, not the kind of French we excuse ourselves for when we use profanity. This woman loves to drop French words and phrases into her speech, never mind she has no real knowledge of the language. She will become one of your favorite characters if you read this.
Before this finishes, additional people will die, and Ben’s client will endanger his life.
So why the less-than enthusiastic recommendation? Admittedly, I know nothing about practicing law. But Kincaid seems too wet behind the ears. He did a few years as a public defender but his extreme inexperience arguing before a judge costs him a case. Do public defenders never argue before a judge? There were elements of the character that seemed contradictory or incongruous to me.
That said, I will read the next book in the series in a few months. It has real promise, and I’d like to hope it just gets better.
November 22, 2021
Books with several plots rarely turn out well but "Primary Justice" is an exception.
Ben Kincaid is one of the latest batch of trainee lawyers at the Tulsa firm of Raven, Tucker & Tubb - for some reason it reminded me of Private Eye and their imaginary solicitors, Sue, Grabbit & Runne.
His first job is a favour for their largest client, a simple adoption case on the face of it. But it soon becomes clear that it's an uphill battle - the couple found the child and, while reporting it to the police, never followed it up with child services. To cloud the issue even further the child, Emily, aged 8ish, has a severe memory problem, both short and long term.
Things get even more complicated when the prospective dad is found murdered.
Ben, with the help of the eccentric legal assistant Cristina, sets to work to find Emily's real parents and try to determine whether the murder is linked to the proposed adoption.
I'm not a particular fan of legal/courtroom books and "Primary Justice" does not, despite the setting, concentrate on the legal side. Rather it is a very well crafted mystery in the traditional style.
It's an easy read, somewhat laidback despite the harrowing truths ultimately revealed.
Ben Kincaid is a likeable character but not particularly memorable, perhaps he is fleshed out later in the series. I'll be reading them to find out.
I enjoyed it tremendously.
4 Stars
Ben Kincaid is one of the latest batch of trainee lawyers at the Tulsa firm of Raven, Tucker & Tubb - for some reason it reminded me of Private Eye and their imaginary solicitors, Sue, Grabbit & Runne.
His first job is a favour for their largest client, a simple adoption case on the face of it. But it soon becomes clear that it's an uphill battle - the couple found the child and, while reporting it to the police, never followed it up with child services. To cloud the issue even further the child, Emily, aged 8ish, has a severe memory problem, both short and long term.
Things get even more complicated when the prospective dad is found murdered.
Ben, with the help of the eccentric legal assistant Cristina, sets to work to find Emily's real parents and try to determine whether the murder is linked to the proposed adoption.
I'm not a particular fan of legal/courtroom books and "Primary Justice" does not, despite the setting, concentrate on the legal side. Rather it is a very well crafted mystery in the traditional style.
It's an easy read, somewhat laidback despite the harrowing truths ultimately revealed.
Ben Kincaid is a likeable character but not particularly memorable, perhaps he is fleshed out later in the series. I'll be reading them to find out.
I enjoyed it tremendously.
4 Stars
May 21, 2023
ben Kincaid is an idealistic young lawyer who joins a prominent Tulsa law firm and soon discovers that his idealism doesn't necessarily mesh with the ideals of the firm.
He is asked to work with a couple who are interested in adopting a disabled child who is currently living with them. Kincaid advises them to locate the birth parents in orger to avoid potential problems. the child's birth father is killed and Kincaid works to find out why.
I love courtroom dramas, but for some reason, I haven't read many of them in the past few years. This series looked ideal.
Initially I was quite disappointed. I love a good laugh, and I often enjoy quirky characters, but for much of the book, it felt more like an over the top comedy than a courtroom drama. Had I expected that going in, I would probably have enjoyed it more. The tone shifts near the end though which is why I immediately read the second book in the series which I will review separately. The shift in tone felt rather jarring to me.
Kincaid seemed more naive than I anticipated. Yes, I get it: he is relatively new to the profession and he thinks he can conquer the world. Even so, he came across like Barney Fife which I don't think was the author's intention. I would have liked this more if Kincaid wrestled more with the conflict between how he wanted to practice law and what the firm expected. The conflict was obvious, but it would have worked better if it was more nuanced.
I also thought the end was sort of unbelievable.
I'm making this sound much worse than it is. I had a good time reading it and, as mentioned above, I immediately read the next entry in the series which I think is much better.
He is asked to work with a couple who are interested in adopting a disabled child who is currently living with them. Kincaid advises them to locate the birth parents in orger to avoid potential problems. the child's birth father is killed and Kincaid works to find out why.
I love courtroom dramas, but for some reason, I haven't read many of them in the past few years. This series looked ideal.
Initially I was quite disappointed. I love a good laugh, and I often enjoy quirky characters, but for much of the book, it felt more like an over the top comedy than a courtroom drama. Had I expected that going in, I would probably have enjoyed it more. The tone shifts near the end though which is why I immediately read the second book in the series which I will review separately. The shift in tone felt rather jarring to me.
Kincaid seemed more naive than I anticipated. Yes, I get it: he is relatively new to the profession and he thinks he can conquer the world. Even so, he came across like Barney Fife which I don't think was the author's intention. I would have liked this more if Kincaid wrestled more with the conflict between how he wanted to practice law and what the firm expected. The conflict was obvious, but it would have worked better if it was more nuanced.
I also thought the end was sort of unbelievable.
I'm making this sound much worse than it is. I had a good time reading it and, as mentioned above, I immediately read the next entry in the series which I think is much better.
June 8, 2024
Eh. The book had its entertaining points but overall fell flat. The main character is a pretty obvious self-insert for the author whose family issues feel very shoehorned in near the end of the book. Most other characters were pretty static and unimportant beyond what they did for Kincaid. The random edition of the strip club scene and ensuing relationship b-plot barely served a purpose. Beyond that, most of the female characters were written in a pretty misogynistic way. They all play into some sort of trope, whether that be Madonna-whore, the manic pixie dream girl, or the old maid. It further adds to the obviously lazy and rushed storytelling. The ending was randomly super horrific for no reason. It just felt like Bernhardt was trying to seem like a real writer by adding as much trauma in the last 20 pages to seem deep. But again, the poor writing just doesn’t allow anything in this book to feel like anything more than an overplayed trope. Also the reveal of the killer felt really disjointed and I literally had to go back in the book to remember who this person even was. But to end this review on a good note: the suspense in certain parts was pretty good and there was decent entertainment factor (even if it didn’t make up for the slew of issues).
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September 8, 2020Follett's description: After just a few hours on the job, a new lawyer lands his first murder case. It's Ben Kincaid's first day as an associate at corporate giant Raven, Tucker & Tubb, and he's ready to start the long climb up the ladder to partnership. But he's barely cleared the first rung when a body trips him up. Ben's first task is to arrange an adoption for one of the firm's biggest clients a bit of grunt work that becomes interesting when he meets the child in question. Emily suffers from Korsakov's Syndrome, a rare disorder that prevents her from forming memories, and Jonathan and Bertha Adams want nothing more than to raise her as their own. But Kincaid has just begun getting the paperwork together when he gets a chilling phone call: Jonathan has been found dead, hacked to pieces in an alleyway. Investigating the killing will take Kincaid down a fearsome path, leading him to wish that, like Emily, he had the power to forget.
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September 8, 2020Follett's description: After just a few hours on the job, a new lawyer lands his first murder case. It's Ben Kincaid's first day as an associate at corporate giant Raven, Tucker & Tubb, and he's ready to start the long climb up the ladder to partnership. But he's barely cleared the first rung when a body trips him up. Ben's first task is to arrange an adoption for one of the firm's biggest clients a bit of grunt work that becomes interesting when he meets the child in question. Emily suffers from Korsakov's Syndrome, a rare disorder that prevents her from forming memories, and Jonathan and Bertha Adams want nothing more than to raise her as their own. But Kincaid has just begun getting the paperwork together when he gets a chilling phone call: Jonathan has been found dead, hacked to pieces in an alleyway. Investigating the killing will take Kincaid down a fearsome path, leading him to wish that, like Emily, he had the power to forget.
August 26, 2021
Well I missed reading the series on Daniel Pike (his latest), so I thought I would go back and read
another of his series on Ben Kincaid.
Really loved this one. Ben is just starting out and has been hired by a prestigious law firm. He has already made a few friends there. His first case is to handle an adoption of a 5 year old with an elderly couple. The man works for the company that has put a lot of money into the legal firm.
Ben starts handling this case and gets involved in a lot of things that are going on, murder being one of them. When his ex-brother-in-law, Mike, who is a cop, contacts him on the murder of a man brutally killed, but Ben's business card was in his pocket.
I can tell this is going to be another entertaining series. Didn't see the twist in this one coming!!
another of his series on Ben Kincaid.
Really loved this one. Ben is just starting out and has been hired by a prestigious law firm. He has already made a few friends there. His first case is to handle an adoption of a 5 year old with an elderly couple. The man works for the company that has put a lot of money into the legal firm.
Ben starts handling this case and gets involved in a lot of things that are going on, murder being one of them. When his ex-brother-in-law, Mike, who is a cop, contacts him on the murder of a man brutally killed, but Ben's business card was in his pocket.
I can tell this is going to be another entertaining series. Didn't see the twist in this one coming!!
February 7, 2022
Ben Kincaid used to work for the DA’s office in Oklahoma City. Now he’s moved over to a private practice in a prestigious private law firm in Tulsa. He’s a new associate – just one of many recently hired – who will be doing all the work while the partners get all the glory. First day on the job and he’s already being assigned a case. Should be a simple one – an adoption for a couple - the man works for the largest company the law firm represents. As Ben familiarizes himself with the case details and the people involved, the prospective adoptive father is killed. And this starts Ben on a path to discovering why the man killed was targeted. The plot is not too complicated but has just enough twists and turns to keep you reading. I think I will read more in this series as it has been around for a while.
May 27, 2023
Yikes.
Apart from the cliché characters and scenes (a biker bar with “beer” as the menu, *Hank Williamsesque* tunes and the inevitable fight he gets into? People wearing long overcoats witht the collar flipped up to keep incognito? The stout and buxom nurse/guard? His philandering boss and doddering old narcoleptic company founder? And so much more)… it’s not really a legal thriller at all. Not much, you know, law.
And we’re just supposed to ignore that the founder’s young wife basically rapes him?
The murder mystery resolves quite well, but there were no clues pointing to the murderer, everything just got magically solved.
There was a lot of potential here, but it should have spent a lot of time with a very critical editor.
Apart from the cliché characters and scenes (a biker bar with “beer” as the menu, *Hank Williamsesque* tunes and the inevitable fight he gets into? People wearing long overcoats witht the collar flipped up to keep incognito? The stout and buxom nurse/guard? His philandering boss and doddering old narcoleptic company founder? And so much more)… it’s not really a legal thriller at all. Not much, you know, law.
And we’re just supposed to ignore that the founder’s young wife basically rapes him?
The murder mystery resolves quite well, but there were no clues pointing to the murderer, everything just got magically solved.
There was a lot of potential here, but it should have spent a lot of time with a very critical editor.
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