Review: Disappointed that the author didn't do his research
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 28, 2013
I bought this book based upon the high rankings from other customers but I couldn't get beyond about five percent of the book.  The beginning is disjointed.  But what bothered me most was the author's continuing reference to one of the main characters (Jac) needing to take a separate bar examination in order to practice criminal law in New Orleans.  I am a lawyer, and a retired U.S. Administrative Law Judge who has taken four states' bar exams in order to practice in each state.  In my almost 44 years since my first bar examination (NY 1969) I have never heard of any state requiring a separate bar exam for a particular field of law.  If one wants to practice patent law, the U.S. Patent and Trademark office requires a separate bar exam, but that is the only one.  Just to be sure, I checked Louisiana's requirements.  Criminal law is tested during the bar exam but there is no requirement for a separate exam.  I frankly gave up on the book because of this huge error.  I understand that a novel is fiction, yet, most authors who write crime novels go out of their way to be as accurate as possible when it comes to both police and legal procedure.  This glaring error soured me completely.