Courting Trouble

by Kathy Lette

Tilly has the day from hell when she's sacked from her barristers' chambers in the morning, then finds her husband in bed with her former best friend in the afternoon. She escapes to her mother, Roxy - a sassy solicitor whose outrageous take on men, work and family life is the despair of her more conventional daughter. Roxy comes up with a radical plan for their future - they'll set up an all-female law firm which will only champion women who have been cheated, put upon, attacked, ripped off or ruined by the men in their lives.

In court, Tilly finds herself up against Jack Cassidy, the smooth-talking, politically incorrect, legal love god who broke her heart at law school. Jack is fluent in three languages - English, sarcasm and flirtation. but if he's so loathsome, then why is she committing Acute Lust in the 3rd degree?

When a case lands on the doorstep that threatens to change all their lives, Tilly finds herself dangerously close to taking the law into her own hands. Will Jack's cunning ways and expertise in emotional break and enter derail her quest for justice? Or will the women take on the boys. and win?

Genres: Chick Lit, Fiction, Humor, Audiobook, Romance, Contemporary, Crime

352 pages, Hardcover

First published July 31, 2014

About the author

Kathy Lette divides her time between being a full time writer,
demented mother (now there's a tautology) and trying to find a shopping trolley that doesn't have a clubbed wheel.

Kathy first achieved succés de scandale as a teenager with the novel Puberty Blues, now a major motion picture.

After several years as a singer with the Salami Sisters and a newspaper columnist in Sydney and New York (collected in the book "Hit and Ms") and as a television sitcom writer for Columbia Pictures in Los Angeles, her novels, "Puberty Blues" (1979) "Girls Night Out" (1988), "The Llama Parlour" (1991), "Foetal Attraction" (1993), "Mad Cows" (1996),"Altar Ego" (1998) "Nip'N'Tuck" (2001), "Dead Sexy" (2003) and "How To Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints)" (2006) became international best-sellers. Kathy Lette's plays include "Grommits", "Wet Dreams", "Perfect Mismatch" and "I'm So Happy For You I Really Am".

She lives in London with her husband and two children and has just finished a stint as writer in Residence at London's Savoy Hotel.

Kathy says that the best thing about being a writer is that you get to work in your jammies all day, drink heavily on the job and have affairs and call it research! (Although her husband says he should have the affair as it would give her a better book!)

Reviews

[Maxine (Booklover Catlady) · Rating 1 out of 5]

So it’s now official. I am NOT a fan of Kathy Lette. Urgh!

This book just did not work for me at all. The blend of humour and sarcasm alongside a serious rape case mixed like oil and water, at times I felt like I was reading two different books and the synergy just was not there. I tried really hard to like it but just could not do it.

What is the book about?

Tilly has the day from hell when she's sacked from her barristers' chambers in the morning, then finds her husband in bed with her former best friend in the afternoon. She escapes to her mother, Roxy - a sassy solicitor whose outrageous take on men, work and family life is the despair of her more conventional daughter. Roxy comes up with a radical plan for their future - they'll set up an all-female law firm which will only champion women who have been cheated, put upon, attacked, ripped off or ruined by the men in their lives.

In court, Tilly finds herself up against Jack Cassidy, the smooth-talking, politically incorrect, legal love god who broke her heart at law school. Jack is fluent in three languages – English, sarcasm and flirtation… but if he's so loathsome, then why is she committing Acute Lust in the 3rd degree?

When a case lands on the doorstep that threatens to change all their lives, Tilly finds herself dangerously close to taking the law into her own hands… Will Jack's cunning ways and expertise in emotional break and enter derail her quest for justice? Or will the women take on the boys… and win?

My Review:

Where do I start? Kathy Lette uses a lot of sarcasm in this novel, especially coming from Tilly, it just got SO tiring and same-same after a few chapters and didn't at all help the plot to meld together and flow. It felt stilted and awkward, like pop up lines thrown in here and there.

Tilly's character annoyed me. She has constant interaction with Jack Cassidy who is the most chauvinistic, awful, slimy character ever. He does nothing but throw out sexual comments and innuendos in the path of Tilly who knocks them back with sarcastic verbal abuse. Seriously? In a real world situation the man would be hit with sexual harassment charges in the workplace! Probably lose his job. And come on Tilly - why on earth are you putting up with it?

I got frustrated at the plot around the rape case, it should be a well written book, but then the sarcasm, the sexual comments and the "funny" stuff gets thrown in and it just all goes off track. It's like a funny book having an argument with a serious book tackling important topics. Nobody is winning.

Jack Cassidy is described as smooth-talking and a legal love god, don't be fooled, he's nothing but a slimy, foul-mouthed man who should not get away with what he does. I despised his character and how he speaks to women. Very nasty stuff.

So, just nope. I did not like this book and struggled to get through it in the hope it might get better. I am SHOCKED it is penned by a woman, Shame on her. Seriously.

I received a copy of this book thanks to the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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[Elaine · Rating 1 out of 5]

At first I thought I was going to really enjoy this book, a light hearted read about a mother and daughter legal firm sounded fun. Unfortunately it didn’t live up to expectations for two reasons.

Firstly, it just isn’t funny. For humour the author is relying on sarcasm too much. Every time Tilly, the main character opens her mouth some sarcastic snide put down comes out, and it gets old very quickly. It is almost as if the author had a list of one liners by the side of the computer and was determined to tick each and every one off as they went into the book. For this reason, very early on in the read I decided that Tilly was a deeply unpleasant person, and that isn’t good when we are talking about the main character.

Secondly, I had grave misgivings about the case the women take on in the book, part of which is to do with the brutal rape of a 16 year old girl. I just couldn’t reconcile that with the light hearted aspect of the book and it left me with a very sour taste in my mouth.

Thanks to the publishers for a review copy, but this one was just a no-no as far as I was concerned.

[Monica Mac · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like Kathy Lette as a comedian but this book seems to be trying too hard to be funny and for my tastes, it is waaay too crude.

Sorry, there are too many good books on my TBR pile to be spending any more time on reading this one. I DNF this book.

[Kirsty (Book - Love - Bug) · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am sorry to say that I couldn't finish this book. When I first read the synopsis, I thought I would absolutely adore it; I am a lawyer and I love chick lit so this seemed like my perfect book, and even knowing what I know now I still think this every time I re-read the synopsis. I am left wondering what went wrong?

I just could not engage with the main character, Tilly, or any of the other characters. In fact, I found the personality of Tilly absolutely enfuriating and the way the book is written just didn't work for me. It felt like every line was trying too hard to be funny or sarcastic, or both, and I found it really hard work to read. I certainly don't know any barrister like her and I didn't find the mother-daughter relationship funny either. I very very rarely give up reading a book, in fact I think the only other book I have ever had to stop reading was The Slap, but I just could not bear to continue reading which makes me sad.

I took to Amazon to read the reviews, twitter and the book blogger world to see if I was missing something, and to see whether perhaps it was worth continuing. There was a mixture of reviews so I read a few more pages, but then gave up after 50 or so pages.

I cannot comment on the rape aspect of the storyline, and whether it works with the humour side of the book, as quite honestly, I gave up just as it got to that point. The few paragraphs I did read didn't fill me with hope that this would change my feelings on the book.

All in all, sorry to say this is only the second book I have ever had to stop reading, so this review comes with the caveat that I have not read the entire book!

[Nancy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yuk! First time reading this author. Don't think I will try her again.

The book is not funny. The main characters are unlikeable and I don't even want to read the sequel.

[Brooke · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book. Easy reading very comical

[shanae · Rating 1 out of 5]

my hateritis is flaring up because of this book because, firstly no and secondly also no.
i came for a cute lawyer romcom and stayed because it was to late not to go back despite how desperately i wanted to. there was no rom nor com in this book and im upset. the way that a case of sexual assault is the main focus of the book and yet there was jokes about it and wasnt seen seriously until the trial, ick, the mc also thinking she was so different for liking chocolate and not being like the other girls, again ick. The mother, no, just no. The first love interest is flat out creepy, the second love interest thinks he's quirky for being a feminist and helping underprivileged children. There also didn't need to be an attempt at humour in every single sentence, which was quite dry for the most part. The casual racism and slew of other problematic things, yuck. This whole book was a no.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting listen as it was a humorous story combined with a couple of court cases involving a brutal rape. It did work for me, I liked this book except for the overuse of figurative speech. Much of this made me smile but much of it could have been left out. Lette can be clever and amusing but I found it overdone

[Suzanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 Stars
I liked Tilly and the banter between her and Jack.
Roxy was a bit too much for me.
Didn’t initially pick the villain but had an inkling.
I skimmed a bit in the second half but I was eager to finish reading it.

[Kim Stone · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read this author before, way back in the puberty blues book. I listened to the audiobook. This was a very English setting with a female barrister. The side characters were amazing. Lots of twists and turns to keep up with. I’ll read this author again.

[Annenz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read 2 chapters and just couldn't get into the book:(

[Gerda · Rating 1 out of 5]

I should have read the reviews before starting this book. This book deals with a very serious topic, the rape of young women on an English housing estate and how rape is used as a means of securing the cooperation of these young women by blackmailing them into criminal activity. At first sight I thought this would be very interesting reading. Alas, not so... While the topic is good and a good author could use this for writing an excellent book, the one-liners and so-called humour in this book was so out of place it made me cringe.
The books is full of sexism. While the women are supposed to be "independent and modern" women, they view and use men in a way that would be totally unacceptable for men to do to women. Double standards indeed.
I finished it because I wanted to know how the rape case would unfold, or I would have stopped reading this after the first few pages. Wasn't worth the time I spent on it.

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

I saw Kathy Lette interviewed on telly about this book and was very keen to read it. She is always very amusing on tv. Her book has a lot of sarcasm in it- and you can hear her in your head. But I thought that the subject matter- a rape case was at odds with the light hearted banter in the book. It didn’t gel well for me.

Tilly discovers her man is cheating on her on the same day that she loses her job and the premise sounded like it would be a great read. Her mum comes to her rescue. She sets up a firm that deals with women’s issues. She takes on a legal case- the rape of a 16 year old girl and comes across Jack in court. He is a horrible character- but she’s attracted to him although he broke her heart when they were in law school.

I received a copy from the publisher via Net Galley.

[Melinda Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

'Legally Blonde' - if Elle Woods married the boring Harvard guy and lived in London. Tilly's marriage and career fall apart and she's forced to move in wiht her mother, bringing along her child prodigy with her.

The book pushes the humour and sarcasm to a pretty intense degree in this book - a lot of the time it feels like these pearls of wisdom and wit are being used to beat you around the head - enough already.

It can be at times hard to be sympathetic towards Tilly and what she's got going on, however there are some gems in the book in the form of her mother, Roxy, and her client, Phyllis. So even though you may not be quite behind what Tilly's got going on, you will care about some of the other characters in the book.

It's not breaking new ground, but it's good enough to pass muster.

[Marisa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have to say that the British Speak in this novel was in some respect daunting to get through. However I persevered and got through it. What I didn't like about this book might be easier to articulate better that what I did like. Let's start with Matilda who in no fault of her own was the character least appealing for me I felt no connection no familiarity I did not warm to her. I did love her mother Roxy and her mothers best friend the Contessa.

My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher Random House UK, Transworld Publishers for the digital copy to review.

[Barmybelle · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really hate not finishing a book and it's quite rare that I don't but sadly this book is in that pile.
I can see several readers have had the same issues as me: humour and book content which don't agree. Any book can have light hearted moments no matter what the content, I'm saying it has to be stoney throughout, but it was the combination of the sarcastic, caustic at times, humour alongside a serious rape plot that just rubbed me up the wrong way. I like dark and ugly plots but something about the way this was written felt like the serious crime was being belittled.

[Claramcgrath · Rating 1 out of 5]

Like other reviewers I couldn't finish this book. I read about a third of the way through and decided that life is too short to read a book so manically flippant and jokey about the serious subject of rape and peopled by unbelievable characters.

[Kathryn Hetherington · Rating 1 out of 5]

Reading this book made me feel manic. It was all over the place, without any pause, I felt like I was being yelled up. I gave up after 60 pages.

[Renee V]

No stars - read as Aussie Author.

[Kobby Gyampoh · Rating 5 out of 5]

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MY SYNOPSIS
Imagine this: You are a barrister in a very respectable chamber and you have made quite a name for yourself. Besides juggling a hectic job between a husband who hasn’t quite committed since the doctor beamed a congratulations at him, you have a twelve-year-old daughter who means the world to you.

All courts break into disorder when you lose a case against Jack Cassidy (your college ex who stole your virginity and stole others’ wives too), get to work to be laid with an order to clear out of your chambers, and go home to find your husband cheating on a Piranha in Prada ex best-friend of yours who’s always made it a point to beat you in everything in your life (even slapping her cock in your husband’s face). Really, there can’t be any kind of low, lower than this.

When your husband decides to pack out and clear out all your accounts, in hopes to “find” himself in India, you are distressed, because now you have no money to afford the lifestyle you are used to, no money to take care of your teenage daughter who’s suddenly without a father (what you’ve dreaded the most), and amongst all the hell you have Jack Cassidy on your behind (quite literally) offering you a helping hand if you just decide to go on a date with him. But then you have your mum…

Your Aussie solicitor cougar sixty year-old mum whose wardrobe is the kind of jungle with the kind of leopard prints you’d like to avoid and a mouth full of wisecracks and a distaste for anything men (except sleeping with them). Until she proposes to you, you two should form a two-woman, mother-daughter, solicitor-barrister law firm that will only champion women who have been downtrodden by men.

Exactly how your troubles begin…

Now you live in the small cottage of your mum, trying to raise your coming-of-age teenager, in a house with a victim of rape willing to fight back her offenders (say hello to rocks slamming through your window embodying death threats with bad grammar), a Russian Countess friend of your mum’s ready to back the law firm if only you’d appear when she rings her bell and holds up her glass for more Vodka (say hello to constant partying, barking with raucous laughter and reminiscing old days with your mum when you are asleep), an old lady who shot the balls off sex offenders with a gun (at least you could say hello to good meals), and Jack Cassidy dropping by to laugh in your face at how unsuccessful you are turning up to be just because you refused his offer.

Clearly, with no one else to rely on, all you have to get you through is a block of your favourite Cadbury Chocolates and just sitting tight awaiting everything to palm out well. But sometimes do you just have to take the law into your own hands in order to get your way? And what about the consequences?






MY REVIEW
I freaking loved, loved this book! So you know in my review, I’d be shaking you by your shoulders and yelling in your face (forgive my spit), leaving you disorientated with nothing to do but help me walk you to a bookshop to let you get copies for yourself and anyone who borrows from your shelf.

Ha-ha! I love Kathy Lette!!!

This book is frigging amazing. WE all love our chick-lit, humorous, snappy, and delicious. But when it attacks an issue we all can relate to, haha, it’s an effing plus too. Domestic abuse, still a paramount issue in our world today, violence towards women by men, women being put down by men in every field of life. This book should have been titled A Guide To Stay Thick-Skinned And Fight For Your Rights As A Feminist and a WOMAN. Every housewife, blogger mum, corporate wife, business woman would eat this book up like it’s the main course instead of merely holding centrepiece on a brunch table. A star to the cause.── ★

Secondly, oh you would simply adore the storyline! Fab in all directions. Woman experiences a day in terrestrial hell and loses everything (fab), woman seeks comfort from her mother or rather, is jumped from behind by mother (fab), woman and mother decide to open a law firm (abso-fab!), woman and mother decide to defend a Good Granny Gone Mad (delightfully fab!). It’s new and fresh and like a John Grisham novel… only more interesting! A star to the storyline.── ★★

Matilda the main character has the loveliest bestest chick-lit voice I’ve ever read in while. She joins the Gusty Chick-lit Women Club following names such as Bubbles Yablonski (Sarah Strohmeyer), Stephanie Plum (Janet Evanovich) and Davis Way (Gretchen Archer). The exact lead you would need in a book that doesn’t fail to fight for equal gender rights. With her whiplash wits, her I Don’t Know How She Does It attitude balancing her job between her child, and falling victim one too many times to Cadbury chocolates, I’m not sure of a person who would read this book and be like, “I didn’t quite take a liking to Matilda.” (you are a freaking Barbie, that’s what you are!). It certainly goes to show you do not need an armoury besides chocolates to be a Woman Sleuth.

And you’d think the other characters are as bad as rotten-egg scented fart. IT’s one of those books that every smidgen character delivered and was developed so perfectly you’d be thinking, hell, why don’t these books come in multiple-character first-point-of-views too?! From the amazing, super-cocky Jack Cassidy who’s always in time to snatch our lead’s block of chocolates and leave her disoriented. Roxy, our lead’s mum who has a truthful and funny opinion about everything you can’t resist giving her a “Nice one there.” compliment and a fist-bang. Countess Flirtalotsky whose love for plastic surgery would make Joan Rivers give up her TV spot and go tuck that double-chin properly. Phyllis the granny who’d stop at nothing to blow up anything that has offended her grand-daughter. Portia, the adorable daughter, who’s taking after her grandmother despite her mother’s horrors. Petronella, the Piranha in Prada always a court robe away from our lead to win cases against her then go back home to fuck her husband. Nathaniel, the super-charming(*) man always a step away to help(*) our lead emanating very-gentlemanly(*) charms. Loads of characters I can’t kill your suspense to mention because their appearance takes the reader on a whole new surprise level. But a star to fabulous characterization. I would certainly go dancing at this book’s club book launch just to meet all the characters and bang foreheads with them.── ★★★★

I know, I have gone on and on. But if I don’t give a spot to the humour and suspense in this book, I would leave out that guffawing (I mean, laughter barked out like I was a pit-bull) got me spewing my favourite shirt with my favourite wine, and that suspense got me biting my nails (a bad habit, I know). Certainly, I didn’t get the memo when I received a copy and I need a refund (in the form of a new favourite shirt, a new favourite wine and a spa treat for which I could skip the manicure part and get the much-needed massage)!── ★★★★★

So my rating is definitely a: SIX stars out of five stars!



I recommend this book to every woman who believes in cause of this book and not the courts. Every woman who’s been at the front-row or even the backseat and yelling “Atta girls” for those in the front row (because the second-in-commands are important as the firsts) championing for equal gender rights. Every woman partial to topics such as Rape, domestic abuse, and violence against women (because who isn’t?) should also grab this book. And if you just want an amazing chick-lit big enough to lead book discussions at brunches and book clubs, pick this book.

Standing ovation for Kathy Lette.

[Laura · Rating 1 out of 5]

First person stories are never my strong suits. I usually skip them if I can help it, unfortunately the blurb made me feel like this would be a third person story and thought maybe I'd enjoy it.

Unfortunately as soon as I read the first page, I was like "nope, I'm out." But sadly I'm trying to train myself not to give up in hopes maybe a story might get better..

Sadly..by chapter two, I was ready to bin this story.

I'm going to assume Kathy Lette is female (sorry for the assumption,if I'm wrong) but when she's using as Tilly's first person point view made me feel like this story was written by a man. A lot of the descriptions, particularly for the female characters felt like they were described by a male author with words like "ample breasts" or "size ten or well eleven, after a chocolate binge." Etc.. I thought female writers would have more respect for their female characters.

I like to think I'm well versed in most words, even if my vocabulary consists of the same half dozen words but reading this book made me feel like I needed to be partnered with a dictionary.

I think Courting Trouble tried to capture "feminism" but what I felt like I got was "a man's definition of what THEY think feminism is". You know..cause apparently only woman ever care about is fashion,love and heels, oh of course wine and ice cream. 🥱

This story claims its a romance, right. The jerk with the break hearted woman, right. Why the hell did the author feel the need to add a rape court case into the story line!? Yeah. Way to lose your audience, rapes and romance DON'T go hand in hand especially if your trying to turn this into a happily ever after.

Than they added in a long lost dad and it's like, wait..hold up..now I'm confused.

A love triangle, a long lost dad and a rape case!? Yeah nah.

The cover and the blurb make this give you an illusion of a romance story but in reality, it's a story of a rape case and a wtf mess of a supposed love triangle, which ended up losing its meaning by the end of the story.

I'm now going to refuse to read any other Kathy Lette stories. This is just bad.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ashamed to say this is my first read from Kathy Lette. I finished Courting Trouble in 3 days and could hardly put it down, it's a good job the kids are on their Summer Holidays. What a wonderfully humourous and comedic read. I roared out loud much to the bemusment of my 16 year old Autisitic son saying I haven't seen you laugh in ages mummy, and can I read a funny bit, ah not that bit son. As humourous, likeable and sometimes unbelieveable the characters are this all comes with the brutal reality of rape and its consequences, as well as the culture created by Gangs. The main character Tilly has seriously bad taste in men and is a bit too clean to be wholesome, especially with those around her, (ie her mother) , however it was a page turner and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of one liners and my favourite "To be continued ....)

[Rebecca Kent · Rating 2 out of 5]

The storyline of this book was engaging enough, but the dialogue between characters is trash. There is barely an interaction that doesn’t sound like a tired regurgitated slogan from a bumper sticker. The constant quips were tedious and made me feel dumber just reading them.
If a single character or even two had that communication style (eg the mother and the countess) as light comic relief, I would have enjoyed this book. But for both of those characters, the heroine, the main male protagonist, plus other supporting characters to all talk like a badly edited catch phrase reel was too much.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the audio book comes with its own canned laughter track after each ‘zinger’.

[Annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I downloaded this title as an audio book from BorrowBox. The narrator has a bit of a posh London accent which did grate on me at times.
Kathy Lette is a well regarded Aussie author who lives in the U.K. from what I’m aware.
This is the first of her books of which I’ve listened. It might make a better film.
There were so many quips displaying the author’s vast knowledge across life experiences that it just felt too much.
The characters were well developed but difficult to find endearing. I wanted to like Matilda and Jack but did not connect well with their personalities.
Some sections felt staged and awkward. I really wanted to like this book but I’m not convinced that I did. I give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Beware there are numerous triggers around rape and disrespect to women.

[Angela Maher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kathy Lette has an unusual talent in being able to write about serious issues with a tonne of humour and sarcasm thrown in. This style is disagreeable to some readers, especially if they're unfamiliar with her work. Some see it as disrespectful, but under the snark is a deeply important narrative, served in a way that makes it palatable to a different audience than the usual crime fiction fan. The events central to this book are horrific, but the style makes it a page turner when it could otherwise become depressing and overwhelming. Add in some realistically awkward romantic side stories, vibrant characters, and lots of chocolate, and you've got a darned good read if you go with the flow.

[William Stafford · Rating 3 out of 5]

This novel is chock-a-block with jokes. Unfortunately, that is sometimes to its detriment, as the characters drop epigrams like Oscar Wilde on speed, but without his urbanity or insight. As a consequence, the characters tend to sound samey. That said, there is a strong plot with something to say about women in society and the way they are treated by the Law, so there is more than a hint of feminism here that is still pertinent today. But it's not a polemic. Ms Lette must have coated herself in glue and run through the jokes department of a Christmas cracker factory. A rom-com with an edge.

[Teresa Humphrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first book I have read by the author. At first I did not like the characters very much and some of the writing too. It seemed as if the author had a list of "sarcastic expressions" that had to be included. I did consider not finishing this book, however the story as it developed improved. I am still not sure about such a heinous crime being the subject of a book written in the style used by the author. I also guessed who the "bad guy" was fairly early in the story.

[Tisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

What is the word for actually laughing out loud when reading a wonderful book? Answer: Awesome! Courting Trouble is a very comical and somehow realistic read! I was totally absorbed into the life of Tilly, the main character. From writing on very real societal problems to bring in a dash of humour to describe raising a pre-teenager daughter, the author managed to grip my attention throughout the book!

[Vivienne White]

I absolutely loved this book.. I know it centres around rape which some people may take the humour and say the author is not being serious about this atrocity, but I felt that even though the humour was there ( which was extremely funny ) it didn't dull the fact that this was a serious subject..
I have read Kathy Lette before and I have found her to be an extremely unnecessary, down to earth person.
I loved it...

[C.A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book has some humour and a very interesting story lines.

Though some of it rings too true, the legal system when it comes to rape's and abuse of young girls and the perpetrator getting away with it, still happens too often in too many places.

Even the sharp witted lawyer is fooled by someone who is not what he seems.