Review: Although not his best, better than most of the genre
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 18, 2014
This book is less about the law and more about football in Texas, where it's a religion, not just a sport.  He weaves the justice system into the plot quite nicely but spends less time on the legal aspects of the case then he does the characters and the investigation of the crime.Where the book lost a star for me was in the supporting cast.  This impaired group of individuals, coupled with a former adult entertainer turned attorney, was just too out there for me.  Beyond the stripper turned attorney and the father, none of them would have been allowed access to the defendant in jail and certainly not in the condition they were usually in.  Why Gimenez saw fit to include all these flawed characters in an otherwise excellent book is beyond me (although the overriding theme of the book is redemption so perhaps they fit better than I thought).Still, Gimenez puts pen to paper better than anyone writing legal thrillers today.  He's reminiscent of some, more popular legal writers, when they were at their prime.  If you haven't read him previously, don't start with this book as his others are five star and will provide you hours of top quality entertainment.  This book will also, just not quite at the same high level as his other works.