Review: Gardner-yes, Lescroart-no
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2012
Four stars may seem kind of high but what can you expect for $.99 and a debut legal thriller? Please do not get this confused with Grisham's "A Time to Kill" because it is not. But it is fun and just substansive enough to keep the pretty believable storyline moving.Now it is obvious Hall is not an attorney nor has a firm grasp on how the legal system really works (really,  the first fime the DA and defense council meet is in court immediately prior to voir?) That's ok though because his protagonist is a pretty smart, if rather shallow, lawyer who points out he has more Perry Mason mysteries in his library than he has law books (or maybe he just uses them more as references), in any case, He has a certain je ne sais quoi that makes him a really good escape-from-life read.As long as he keeps it between the white lines and doesn't get greedy, he will get all of my $.99 - $1.99's.