Review: Routine story made more interesting with place and characters
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2013
The Paris Lawyer is an interesting legal thriller with 2 storylines happening at the same time. Young Paris lawyer Catherine Monsigny is defending her first case. An immigrant marries a much older man, and when he dies, questions are asked by the man's family. At the same time, Catherine is dealing with thoughts of her mother's death, which happened when Catherine was just a toddler. Vague memories of the event seem to be surfacing.It doesn't help that Catherine's case is taking her to the town where her mother was murdered. Or that her relationship with her father is strained by an event that he won't talk about with her. Or even that one of the men in her life may have a connection to her mother.And the case has it's own twists and turns that cause Catherine to question herself as a lawyer.If that all sound interesting, it is. It's a fairly standard type of courtroom thriller, made more interesting by the setting and characters.