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Charley Sloan #3
The Judgement
As winter descends upon Detroit, ace lawyer Charley Sloan is drawn into a case that involves the bizarre murders of small children.
Someone is killing them, bathing their bodies and washing their clothes.
They are wrapping them in plastic, and placing them in the new-fallen snow.
Laid out like little angels, peacefully asleep.
The serial murders seem unsolvable, for the killer is elusive and very clever.
Detroit’s powerful police chief, Mark Conroy, asks Charley to defend him against charges that he stole millions from the department’s secret cash fund, a fund meant to pay off informants.
It’s a case that grabs headlines and is fraught with scandal, politics, and graft. Charley has to find the real embezzler before an innocent man is put away and his own career is ruined.
Once again, Charley finds himself torn between two big cases that hurtle him into a web of danger and deceit.
The Judgment is a compulsively readable novel by an acknowledged master.
Praise for William J. Coughlin
“The Judgment is vintage Coughlin — sharp, tight, and full of suspense and wisdom. Enjoy it.”
— SCOTT TUROW
“William Coughlin, with the engraver’s finest awl, has created another legal thriller filled with the aching human frailties that are hidden in all of us. If you don’t have enough time to finish The Judgment, don’t start it.”
— PAUL LINDSAY, AUTHOR OF FREEDOM TO KILL
“Coughlin wrote taut and suspenseful novels of the legal system before Scott Turow ever lifted a pen.”
— WASHINGTON TIMES
“Coughlin knows his stuff!”
— PLAYBOY
“His spellbinding grasp of the courtroom held me on the edge of my seat until the last page.”
— WILLIAM J. CAUNITZ
“Coughlin is a consummate storyteller.”
— LIBRARY JOURNAL
“First-rate entertainment.”
— BOOKLIST ON HEART OF JUSTICE
“Coughlin keeps you burning the midnight oil to the very end.”
— KIRKUS REVIEWS ON IN THE PRESENCE OF ENEMIES
“It’s a scorcher with a shock conclusion that will leave the reader breathless.”
— Liz SMITH ON SHADOW OF A DOUBT
William J Coughlin, a former defense attorney and judge in Detroit for twenty years, was the author of sixteen novels. He lived in Grosse Point Woods, Michigan, with his wife, Ruth, an author and book critic. Coughlin’s successes include his legal thriller Shadow of a Doubt, which hit bestseller lists across the country. He won even more fans with his subsequent bestsellers, In the Presence of Enemies and Heart of Justice.
Someone is killing them, bathing their bodies and washing their clothes.
They are wrapping them in plastic, and placing them in the new-fallen snow.
Laid out like little angels, peacefully asleep.
The serial murders seem unsolvable, for the killer is elusive and very clever.
Detroit’s powerful police chief, Mark Conroy, asks Charley to defend him against charges that he stole millions from the department’s secret cash fund, a fund meant to pay off informants.
It’s a case that grabs headlines and is fraught with scandal, politics, and graft. Charley has to find the real embezzler before an innocent man is put away and his own career is ruined.
Once again, Charley finds himself torn between two big cases that hurtle him into a web of danger and deceit.
The Judgment is a compulsively readable novel by an acknowledged master.
Praise for William J. Coughlin
“The Judgment is vintage Coughlin — sharp, tight, and full of suspense and wisdom. Enjoy it.”
— SCOTT TUROW
“William Coughlin, with the engraver’s finest awl, has created another legal thriller filled with the aching human frailties that are hidden in all of us. If you don’t have enough time to finish The Judgment, don’t start it.”
— PAUL LINDSAY, AUTHOR OF FREEDOM TO KILL
“Coughlin wrote taut and suspenseful novels of the legal system before Scott Turow ever lifted a pen.”
— WASHINGTON TIMES
“Coughlin knows his stuff!”
— PLAYBOY
“His spellbinding grasp of the courtroom held me on the edge of my seat until the last page.”
— WILLIAM J. CAUNITZ
“Coughlin is a consummate storyteller.”
— LIBRARY JOURNAL
“First-rate entertainment.”
— BOOKLIST ON HEART OF JUSTICE
“Coughlin keeps you burning the midnight oil to the very end.”
— KIRKUS REVIEWS ON IN THE PRESENCE OF ENEMIES
“It’s a scorcher with a shock conclusion that will leave the reader breathless.”
— Liz SMITH ON SHADOW OF A DOUBT
William J Coughlin, a former defense attorney and judge in Detroit for twenty years, was the author of sixteen novels. He lived in Grosse Point Woods, Michigan, with his wife, Ruth, an author and book critic. Coughlin’s successes include his legal thriller Shadow of a Doubt, which hit bestseller lists across the country. He won even more fans with his subsequent bestsellers, In the Presence of Enemies and Heart of Justice.
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William J. Coughlin
35 books45 followersWilliam Jeremiah Coughlin (1929-1992), former defense attorney and judge in Detroit for twenty years, was the author of sixteen novels. He lived in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan with his wife, Ruth, an author and book critic.
Also wrote under the pseudonym of Sean A. Key.
Also wrote under the pseudonym of Sean A. Key.
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June 20, 2016
Charley Sloane, at one time a brilliant lawyer, lost almost everything. He escaped being disbarred and only had a year-long suspension. He spent that year becoming a recovering alcoholic. Slowly, bit by bit, he’s gained his self-confidence, won a few cases, and the phone is ringing more often these days.
Outside of Detroit, the bodies of young children, wrapped in saran wrap are found buried in the snow. Sue Gillis, Homicide Detective and Charley’s girlfriend, is getting a little perturbed. Seems like every time she brings a suspect in to be interviewed … Charley is their lawyer.
As Sue is investigating the childrens’ deaths, Charley is sought out by the Deputy Police Chief who says someone is framing him for a charge of corruption. Seems like over a million dollars is missing from a fund that is kept for paying informants, etc. The only other person who had a key to the safe is his best friend, another cop, Mouse. The problem is that Mouse is testifying against him…. Probably at the mayor’s behest.
This is the third in a series that features Charley Sloan and does really well as a stand alone. I’m used to reading crime thrillers, so it was a very pleasant departure to see how the other side works with the cops and suspects. There’s a lot about the law, certain rules, lines that absolutely cannot be crossed. The author expounded on the law without making it dull or boring.
The book is very well written with characters that are fully developed. Charley is determined to never hit bottom again. He’s engaging, friendly, honest, and even though he doesn’t have a lot of friends, the ones he does have will go to the wall for him.
If legal thrillers are your preferred genre, this one is perfect for you. If not, maybe give it a try and be pleasantly surprised.
Many thanks to Endeavor Press and NetGalley who provided a digital copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
Outside of Detroit, the bodies of young children, wrapped in saran wrap are found buried in the snow. Sue Gillis, Homicide Detective and Charley’s girlfriend, is getting a little perturbed. Seems like every time she brings a suspect in to be interviewed … Charley is their lawyer.
As Sue is investigating the childrens’ deaths, Charley is sought out by the Deputy Police Chief who says someone is framing him for a charge of corruption. Seems like over a million dollars is missing from a fund that is kept for paying informants, etc. The only other person who had a key to the safe is his best friend, another cop, Mouse. The problem is that Mouse is testifying against him…. Probably at the mayor’s behest.
This is the third in a series that features Charley Sloan and does really well as a stand alone. I’m used to reading crime thrillers, so it was a very pleasant departure to see how the other side works with the cops and suspects. There’s a lot about the law, certain rules, lines that absolutely cannot be crossed. The author expounded on the law without making it dull or boring.
The book is very well written with characters that are fully developed. Charley is determined to never hit bottom again. He’s engaging, friendly, honest, and even though he doesn’t have a lot of friends, the ones he does have will go to the wall for him.
If legal thrillers are your preferred genre, this one is perfect for you. If not, maybe give it a try and be pleasantly surprised.
Many thanks to Endeavor Press and NetGalley who provided a digital copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
April 18, 2014
Decent law thriller. A little too much lawyer/cop relationship melodrama as well as a little too much pontificating about life. Kind of like a soap opera meets a cop show. Coughlin's style is less hard-edged than Grisham's. The ending is abrupt... the story that goes on for 400 pages gets wrapped up in a couple of pages.
November 6, 2024
Could have easily been 5 stars if the ending hadn’t been so predictable
4.5 stars though
4.5 stars though
July 3, 2022
A lawyer friend turned me on to William Coughlin's legal thrillers; the author was a defense attorney and judge and thus presumably is giving us the real inside dope on the legal profession. The books are consistently entertaining.
The series hook is that the hero, Charley Sloan, was a high-flying Detroit attorney who lost it all to alcoholism; after drying out and getting control of his life he has established a small practice in a fictional town an hour north of Detroit, where interesting cases keep finding him. In this one Sloan gets involved in two completely separate matters: a high-ranking Detroit cop accused of corruption hires him for the defense, and Sloan's current girlfriend, a local homicide detective, is dealing with a horrifying series of child murders around a small town in Michigan's thumb. As befits a series hero, Sloan plays a part in resolving both cases.
In addition to the legal stuff, which is always interesting, Sloan's ongoing struggle with alcoholism is a central theme of the series. In this one he confronts his lapsed Catholicism as well, as the murdered children precipitate an emotional crisis which leads to some spiritual jousting with a local priest. That sort of thing can be distracting, but Coughlin manages to weave it into the story without slowing things down too much. All in all, a sound entry in a good series.
The series hook is that the hero, Charley Sloan, was a high-flying Detroit attorney who lost it all to alcoholism; after drying out and getting control of his life he has established a small practice in a fictional town an hour north of Detroit, where interesting cases keep finding him. In this one Sloan gets involved in two completely separate matters: a high-ranking Detroit cop accused of corruption hires him for the defense, and Sloan's current girlfriend, a local homicide detective, is dealing with a horrifying series of child murders around a small town in Michigan's thumb. As befits a series hero, Sloan plays a part in resolving both cases.
In addition to the legal stuff, which is always interesting, Sloan's ongoing struggle with alcoholism is a central theme of the series. In this one he confronts his lapsed Catholicism as well, as the murdered children precipitate an emotional crisis which leads to some spiritual jousting with a local priest. That sort of thing can be distracting, but Coughlin manages to weave it into the story without slowing things down too much. All in all, a sound entry in a good series.
April 11, 2019
This is the 3rd in the series about Charley Sloan. Charley is a lawyer and if you read the first two in the series, you know he fights his demons. He has been married three times and divorced, he lost everything at one time including his law license, but fighting his way back to the top, Charley went to AA, got clean, got jobs and got his law license back.
Now he has his own law practice, and has got a good cliente and finally seeing the rewards. His girlfriend, Sue (who is a Detective) is still with him. Now Charley is pulled into an murder, and also representing a local cop which enters into the local politics (or should I say) dirty politicians.
There is so much going on with Charley and I love these books..This one there is a interesting murder mystery as to who is killing children in their community, is Charley asked to become the lawyer of the guilty party, or will he lose his life when trying to figure out who the killer is!
Great book!
Now he has his own law practice, and has got a good cliente and finally seeing the rewards. His girlfriend, Sue (who is a Detective) is still with him. Now Charley is pulled into an murder, and also representing a local cop which enters into the local politics (or should I say) dirty politicians.
There is so much going on with Charley and I love these books..This one there is a interesting murder mystery as to who is killing children in their community, is Charley asked to become the lawyer of the guilty party, or will he lose his life when trying to figure out who the killer is!
Great book!
June 20, 2020
I have to agree with reviewers who compare Coughlin favorably with Turow. Although I figured out one of the two mysteries the final twist in the other surprised me completely. There were enough plausible suspects to keep the reader guessing.
Add to that Charley Sloans struggles with alcoholism and his debates (internal and external) about the nature of good and evil and the existence of a Higher Power and you have a novel that’s a cut above your typical legal thriller.
Unfortunately this was the last Charley Sloan that Coughlin completed before his death. A fourth has his name on it along with that of a co-author. I approach it with some trepidation but I plan to read it. Then I’ll sample the titles that don’t feature Sloan. I think Coughlin deserves a deeper look.
Add to that Charley Sloans struggles with alcoholism and his debates (internal and external) about the nature of good and evil and the existence of a Higher Power and you have a novel that’s a cut above your typical legal thriller.
Unfortunately this was the last Charley Sloan that Coughlin completed before his death. A fourth has his name on it along with that of a co-author. I approach it with some trepidation but I plan to read it. Then I’ll sample the titles that don’t feature Sloan. I think Coughlin deserves a deeper look.
December 21, 2021
This fabulous author died last year but his widow just published this addition to the Charley Sloan series. I know it's too much to hope for, but I sure hope she's got more to come! Lawyer Charley Sloan handles the small cases out of his small office just outside of Detroit. But now his little town is looking more like Detroit. A serial killer is leaving bodies of small children all around. These children have been murdered and then bathed and their clothes washed and then they have been wrapped in plastic before being dumped. Plus the Detroit police chief comes out to the boonies to engage Charley when the mayor's office tries to frame him. It's a great story.
December 14, 2019
Good writing generally and a character a reader can care about.
There are at least two major cases the lawyer protagonist must deal with, and he does, but be warned: There is no typically happy ending here.
This is a very good read and I recommend it.
There are at least two major cases the lawyer protagonist must deal with, and he does, but be warned: There is no typically happy ending here.
This is a very good read and I recommend it.
June 3, 2017
I received a free copy via Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.
This is a real easy read.
If you like a book with plenty of twists then this is for you.
This is a real easy read.
If you like a book with plenty of twists then this is for you.
January 13, 2018
Rarely can you find a mystery author with such fine literary style and talent.
May 11, 2020
Masterpiece
Charley Sloan at his best. This is the third book of the series. I can’t wait to read the 4th
Charley Sloan at his best. This is the third book of the series. I can’t wait to read the 4th
September 22, 2020
Thumbs down
February 8, 2022
So-so mystery shrouded in religion. Again it keeps you reading. This would've been a good TV movie back when those were a regular thing.
August 8, 2025
The ending was so predictable! No surprises here
March 29, 2017
Steady read...can't wait to see who the killer is!
Great ending. Enjoyed from cover to cover!
Great ending. Enjoyed from cover to cover!
April 4, 2016
I'm usually a fairly organized guy, but one would never know it by the order in which I have read these Charley Sloan novels. I started with the second, followed by the fourth, then the last which was at best plotted out by Coughlin but written by Walter Sorrells and then the third, interspersed with two of his earlier non-Sloan series novels. I live in Mexico and can seldom get exactly what I want when I want it, but I hope to finally get to the first in the series when I get to the States next week.
Given that, this novel was closer to a 3 1/2 then a four, but still an interesting novel with a great surprise ending.
Still another major error similar to the one I previously reported in The Stalking Man.
On page 16, Mark Conroy says he will get a eave of absence without pay. On page 80, he's on suspension with full pay.
Not too good!
As I wrote in my review of Paper Money: Life happens to all of us all the time, whether it be Charley Sloan, a series character, or a character in a stand-alone.
Further, life continues to happen to all the characters including the protagonist even when the author is not reporting to us what those happenings are.
I, for one, would rather read about the digressions that I know are going on behind the scenes as opposed to what color shirt some minor, nobody character is wearing, or even how beautiful the sunset is.
Not in every case, of course, but in most, particularly if I plan to read more from that particular author, series or stand-alone, I want to know whats going on in the author's mind as he or she tells us the story.
A friend who is critiquing and proofing my second novel, Felony Murder, the follow-up to Hammering Nails Can Be Murder says that my "digressions and the digressions within the digressions and the vignettes are fascinating as background but parenthetical to story itself and are out of balance with the plot, or the main event itself.
She in particular mentioned the entire second chapter, though I thought it was short chapter, as describing a character who isn't even germane to the plot. That character, however, is extremely germane to the activities of the main protagonist, so I thought the digression an important one.
More importantly, however, is that I received the same criticism of a character in Hammering Nails.
I didn't know it at the time I wrote it, but this character was to be the main character in the follow up. Thinking about that made me include this chapter on this otherwise not-so-important-now character as he will be a main character in one of the forthcoming books.
Thinking about this again made me reflect on William J. Coughlin's Charley Sloan series. If one didn't know better, that is know how to read a novel, one might think that he is jumping all over the place, one thread here, one thread there, almost like 2 or 3 different stories all hodgepodged into one. Not so. he is writing about his character's life and how it unfolds on a daily basis.
My novels are somewhat meant to be the same. I am writing about my main character and his family of friends and associates. In a way, though I hope a lesser one, the actual story line, discovering the connection between Nails Morton and John-John is secondary to the life of this man and his associates.
Like it or not, this is what I intended to do.
My friend, however, is probably correct in all that she says because I didn't then, and probably now as well, know how to achieve the balance necessary for the reader to stay interested in both the main event and the parentheticals at the same time.
I will work on that and hope that the reader will judge that I have adequately done my job.
Still, I really like Charley Sloan. You know how I feel when I say, I'm sorry there is only one more ... and then there were none.
Given that, this novel was closer to a 3 1/2 then a four, but still an interesting novel with a great surprise ending.
Still another major error similar to the one I previously reported in The Stalking Man.
On page 16, Mark Conroy says he will get a eave of absence without pay. On page 80, he's on suspension with full pay.
Not too good!
As I wrote in my review of Paper Money: Life happens to all of us all the time, whether it be Charley Sloan, a series character, or a character in a stand-alone.
Further, life continues to happen to all the characters including the protagonist even when the author is not reporting to us what those happenings are.
I, for one, would rather read about the digressions that I know are going on behind the scenes as opposed to what color shirt some minor, nobody character is wearing, or even how beautiful the sunset is.
Not in every case, of course, but in most, particularly if I plan to read more from that particular author, series or stand-alone, I want to know whats going on in the author's mind as he or she tells us the story.
A friend who is critiquing and proofing my second novel, Felony Murder, the follow-up to Hammering Nails Can Be Murder says that my "digressions and the digressions within the digressions and the vignettes are fascinating as background but parenthetical to story itself and are out of balance with the plot, or the main event itself.
She in particular mentioned the entire second chapter, though I thought it was short chapter, as describing a character who isn't even germane to the plot. That character, however, is extremely germane to the activities of the main protagonist, so I thought the digression an important one.
More importantly, however, is that I received the same criticism of a character in Hammering Nails.
I didn't know it at the time I wrote it, but this character was to be the main character in the follow up. Thinking about that made me include this chapter on this otherwise not-so-important-now character as he will be a main character in one of the forthcoming books.
Thinking about this again made me reflect on William J. Coughlin's Charley Sloan series. If one didn't know better, that is know how to read a novel, one might think that he is jumping all over the place, one thread here, one thread there, almost like 2 or 3 different stories all hodgepodged into one. Not so. he is writing about his character's life and how it unfolds on a daily basis.
My novels are somewhat meant to be the same. I am writing about my main character and his family of friends and associates. In a way, though I hope a lesser one, the actual story line, discovering the connection between Nails Morton and John-John is secondary to the life of this man and his associates.
Like it or not, this is what I intended to do.
My friend, however, is probably correct in all that she says because I didn't then, and probably now as well, know how to achieve the balance necessary for the reader to stay interested in both the main event and the parentheticals at the same time.
I will work on that and hope that the reader will judge that I have adequately done my job.
Still, I really like Charley Sloan. You know how I feel when I say, I'm sorry there is only one more ... and then there were none.
February 3, 2017
This was a very good legal thriller although there's very little courtroom action. The story centers around lawyer Charley Sloan. It's difficult to review because there are two storylines occurring simultaneously. The action takes place in and around Detroit. Charley used to practice in the city until he started drinking, got himself suspended from the bar, and had to fight his way back. At the moment he's dating a woman, Sue Gillis, who works for the police department. When a child's body is found wrapped in plastic wrap and discarded along the side of the road, Sue is one of the investigators on the case. This is how Charlie gets drawn in. When more children wind up dead it's evident there's a serial killer on the loose.
In the second storyline, Detroit's police chief Mark Conroy, asks Charley to defend him against the charges he stole millions from the department's secret cash fund they use to pay off informants. Conroy is convinced the mayor is the one behind the frame. Although Charley doesn't like Conroy personally, he agrees to take on his case, even if it means endangering his own life.
Charley has to use all his skills to get through these cases and remain sober. He's often on the wrong side of his girlfriend too which puts a definite strain on their relationship. While this one kind of jockeyed between the two cases, it was easy to follow both and once started I didn't want to put it down. I had to know what happened. Especially in the case of the murdered children. Conroy's difficulties were harder to slug my way through - a lot more details involved, some of them a bit dull - but worth pursuing until the end. The big finale in both cases was a surprise although I had my suspicions regarding the killer in spite of a number of suspects.
All in all this was a very entertaining read. As I said I didn't want to put it down until I found out the truth in both matters. I was sorry to hear this was the author's last book before his death but I intend to go back and read his previous books knowing it will be well worth my time in doing so.
In the second storyline, Detroit's police chief Mark Conroy, asks Charley to defend him against the charges he stole millions from the department's secret cash fund they use to pay off informants. Conroy is convinced the mayor is the one behind the frame. Although Charley doesn't like Conroy personally, he agrees to take on his case, even if it means endangering his own life.
Charley has to use all his skills to get through these cases and remain sober. He's often on the wrong side of his girlfriend too which puts a definite strain on their relationship. While this one kind of jockeyed between the two cases, it was easy to follow both and once started I didn't want to put it down. I had to know what happened. Especially in the case of the murdered children. Conroy's difficulties were harder to slug my way through - a lot more details involved, some of them a bit dull - but worth pursuing until the end. The big finale in both cases was a surprise although I had my suspicions regarding the killer in spite of a number of suspects.
All in all this was a very entertaining read. As I said I didn't want to put it down until I found out the truth in both matters. I was sorry to hear this was the author's last book before his death but I intend to go back and read his previous books knowing it will be well worth my time in doing so.
August 15, 2016
Truth is stranger than fiction
Take a recovering alcoholic criminal lawyer in a small town near Detroit. Add a smattering of good friends both current and from the past in quixotic late fall weather with a heavy dusting of snow as a series of young innocent children are found murdered with few clues. Solving the murders, catching up with old friends and coming to terms with money that disappeared from a safe and a man's search for truth in his life littered with reasons for trying to stay sober provides a curious backdrop for the resolution of several crimes. Interesting and unexpected twists will make you rethink the standard endings usually found in such tales.
Take a recovering alcoholic criminal lawyer in a small town near Detroit. Add a smattering of good friends both current and from the past in quixotic late fall weather with a heavy dusting of snow as a series of young innocent children are found murdered with few clues. Solving the murders, catching up with old friends and coming to terms with money that disappeared from a safe and a man's search for truth in his life littered with reasons for trying to stay sober provides a curious backdrop for the resolution of several crimes. Interesting and unexpected twists will make you rethink the standard endings usually found in such tales.
November 16, 2014
It was just okay
This was not a courtroom thriller. In fact the book hardly had any courtroom action. There were two mysteries. The one involving the Detroit policeman was interesting and had a very surprising ending. The other was stupid. The actions and dialogue associated with the mystery were dull, and it was just not good. So, you have a book with two mysteries - one good and the other bad.
This was not a courtroom thriller. In fact the book hardly had any courtroom action. There were two mysteries. The one involving the Detroit policeman was interesting and had a very surprising ending. The other was stupid. The actions and dialogue associated with the mystery were dull, and it was just not good. So, you have a book with two mysteries - one good and the other bad.
September 8, 2016
Very good mystery
I have to go back and read #2 but missing it didn't really affect this story. It moved along quickly and kept me guessing right to the end. I even went back in the book while I was reading to see if there were clues every time I figured out who the murderer was. EVERY time. Good book..
I have to go back and read #2 but missing it didn't really affect this story. It moved along quickly and kept me guessing right to the end. I even went back in the book while I was reading to see if there were clues every time I figured out who the murderer was. EVERY time. Good book..
October 4, 2016
Another winner!
Just recently discovered William J Coughlin, and have added him to my favorite writers..Charlie Sloan is drawn realistically, warts and all, and yet his courtroom and sleuthing expertise make him a cut or ten above. Would recommend this series highly and can't wait to start the next installment!!
Just recently discovered William J Coughlin, and have added him to my favorite writers..Charlie Sloan is drawn realistically, warts and all, and yet his courtroom and sleuthing expertise make him a cut or ten above. Would recommend this series highly and can't wait to start the next installment!!
September 8, 2016
I'm finished with The Judgement: just finished The Judgement it was a top read and a standout in the Charlie Sloan series I probably shouldn't say to much yet as I will read Proof Of Intent next and I feel its going to be a top read to at nearly 400 pages these are good legal thrillers 5 stars
October 11, 2016
Judgement
This is the best book I've read in a while. The author kept various story lines going with excitement and interest through the book. I would highly recommend the book and look forward to reading more of this authors work.
This is the best book I've read in a while. The author kept various story lines going with excitement and interest through the book. I would highly recommend the book and look forward to reading more of this authors work.
October 30, 2016
Charlie Sloane, great character.
I chose 5 stars due to how the author could keep me interested in so many different lives involved for one guy.
Keeps me from getting up or setting the book down.
I chose 5 stars due to how the author could keep me interested in so many different lives involved for one guy.
Keeps me from getting up or setting the book down.
November 18, 2016
Good story
This is the third in the series. What I like is you don't have to read the prior books in the series to be able to enjoy each book. What I didn't like was the proofreading in this book was sloppy. For me that detracts from the enjoyment of reading.
This is the third in the series. What I like is you don't have to read the prior books in the series to be able to enjoy each book. What I didn't like was the proofreading in this book was sloppy. For me that detracts from the enjoyment of reading.
February 19, 2020
Great series
The Charley Sloan stories carried you along. I started with a freebie but couldn't resist buying the next two. Turned out to be a satisfying and educational trip. Highly recommended.
The Charley Sloan stories carried you along. I started with a freebie but couldn't resist buying the next two. Turned out to be a satisfying and educational trip. Highly recommended.
October 30, 2014
Excellent book, easy to read.
April 19, 2015
Stopped half way through. Just not interesting enough.
May 30, 2015
Like most of Coughlin's efforts. Not a bad story.
September 14, 2016
Good thriller
Thoroughly enjoyed this author's approach to his mysteries, very thrilling to watch his solutions and his personal struggles which make him very human.
Thoroughly enjoyed this author's approach to his mysteries, very thrilling to watch his solutions and his personal struggles which make him very human.
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