Review: Well-crafted Legal Mystery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2010
Sam McRae fans will be delighted to know that after all her hair-raising adventures in IDENTITY CRISIS she's back in action.  LEAST WANTED, Debbi Mack's newest hard-boiled legal mystery, is a great read for anyone who likes to keep the pages turning.I'm not sure "legal mystery" is a term Debbi would use, but Sam's careful use of her legal training and loyalty to her clients and to the rules of procedure, drawn, I'm sure from Debbi's own experience as a lawyer, is a lot of what I like best about these books.  Also Sam's plucky, intelligent dedication and sense of humor.LEAST WANTED brings together two extremely disparate plot lines-- one white collar embezzelment, the other a gritty urban murder-- and riding on the outcome of the whole thing is the future of a bright but troubled teenager who should have a better chance in life.  Cheering for Sam as she picks her way through the clues ever so carefully is a joy in this well-crafted book.