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Alaskan Legal
Reese Brooks is your typical hard-working, independent, and resilient. He’s also one of the top attorneys in the Great North with the reputation to back it up.But to defend an innocent man accused of murder, Reese is going to have to travel to the far northern town of Utqiavik where outsiders are far from welcome and the law is tenuous.To get justice, Reese will have to navigate a web of lies, infidelity, and danger above the arctic circle.
329 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 11, 2021
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June 23, 2022
Alaska Stories
I liked the overall story. He did well keeping the guilty concealed yet allowed the reader to do a lot of speculating. The discriptions of the fishing area, chases with small boats and references to escapes to Canada or Russia were far fetched if one knows the Alaska coast and related seas as the Bering. You don,t chase out in a small speed boat into the Bering Sea or head to Canada, hundreds of miles away. But it was a good story as fiction and I will read more of Daren's writing. I am anxious to see what he does with the Iditirod Race.
I liked the overall story. He did well keeping the guilty concealed yet allowed the reader to do a lot of speculating. The discriptions of the fishing area, chases with small boats and references to escapes to Canada or Russia were far fetched if one knows the Alaska coast and related seas as the Bering. You don,t chase out in a small speed boat into the Bering Sea or head to Canada, hundreds of miles away. But it was a good story as fiction and I will read more of Daren's writing. I am anxious to see what he does with the Iditirod Race.
October 27, 2021
Did not know that a major fishing crop in Alaska was Red Herrings! This rather flat mystery? thriller? simply seemed to put up one thin red herring after another without really having a good basis for the misdirection. I loved the first book of Daren's that I read, Mob Lawyer, which had suspense, action and some reasonably defined characters, all of which were missing from some of his later works which seem to follow a simplified formula. Too bad.
September 23, 2023
Darren’s style takes some gettin unaccustomed to. His incessant trite, repetitive descriptions of characters gets tedious quickly and distracts from a decent plot and unique setting.
Characters are defined, yet the reader is constantly challenged with identifying who did what to whom, when and what possible motivation did they have.
I’ll read next in this series but if not a more compelling read, off the the junk leap with Dave Darren.
Characters are defined, yet the reader is constantly challenged with identifying who did what to whom, when and what possible motivation did they have.
I’ll read next in this series but if not a more compelling read, off the the junk leap with Dave Darren.
November 23, 2021
Not so great
Had a hard time getting through this story. It was tedious and the characters were tiresome. And repeatedly referring to characters as the strong fisherwoman, the paralegal and the pale woman, etc was very off putting. Also I am not fond of books written in the first person.
Had a hard time getting through this story. It was tedious and the characters were tiresome. And repeatedly referring to characters as the strong fisherwoman, the paralegal and the pale woman, etc was very off putting. Also I am not fond of books written in the first person.
November 30, 2021
Good plot
Very good plot. However, the writing technique is stilted, too many descriptions, and noticed several typos. Needs a good editor. Work on those essentials, and you’ve got a good writer.
Very good plot. However, the writing technique is stilted, too many descriptions, and noticed several typos. Needs a good editor. Work on those essentials, and you’ve got a good writer.
January 15, 2022
Page turner
Dave Darren is just astounding. This novel is set in a unique environment depth characters quirky enough to be real and the settings are as well. The legal issue is just as unique and the twisted path of the plot had me guessing.
Dave Darren is just astounding. This novel is set in a unique environment depth characters quirky enough to be real and the settings are as well. The legal issue is just as unique and the twisted path of the plot had me guessing.
January 27, 2023
Great writing!
The characters were great and I loved their personalities and interactions. I had the killer nailed halfway through the book. Two different boats that competed against each other makes a great storyline!
The characters were great and I loved their personalities and interactions. I had the killer nailed halfway through the book. Two different boats that competed against each other makes a great storyline!
October 13, 2021
Good read ,
Interesting plot twist
easy to read
Looking forward to both of there further adventures
and there development
hoping for along and enjoyable series
Interesting plot twist
easy to read
Looking forward to both of there further adventures
and there development
hoping for along and enjoyable series
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December 21, 2021Great story
I liked the location of the story. The characters seemed as regular people thus the story was believable. The ending was well written.
I liked the location of the story. The characters seemed as regular people thus the story was believable. The ending was well written.
February 20, 2022
Great Lawyer!
I enjoyed the narrative of this lawyer. Love his new legal assistant. This was a good read. But so so cold brrrr.
I enjoyed the narrative of this lawyer. Love his new legal assistant. This was a good read. But so so cold brrrr.
April 7, 2022
good read
Set in Alaska, seems like a place to visit, only not too long. I have been to Alaska, but only on a quick one day visit.
Set in Alaska, seems like a place to visit, only not too long. I have been to Alaska, but only on a quick one day visit.
April 17, 2022
simple mindedness
is needed to read the book. Weak plot, buffoon characters, lack of legal knowledge, overall indifferent. Did not read it to the end.
is needed to read the book. Weak plot, buffoon characters, lack of legal knowledge, overall indifferent. Did not read it to the end.
January 10, 2026
Great start to a new author!
I. really enjoyed the characters and story line. The ending was a surprise for me so it made me anxious to read book 2.
I. really enjoyed the characters and story line. The ending was a surprise for me so it made me anxious to read book 2.
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