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Scott Finn #2
Innocence
Struggling Boston attorney Scott Finn is happy to do any legal work--until he lands the most twisted case of his career. Fifteen years ago, a female cop was viciously beaten and shot. Fingerprint evidence sent a man named Vincente Salazar to prison for fifty years. But today new DNA clues suggest he's innocent-and Finn is determined to find the truth. Then the cops block his investigation and the victim, who survived, won't talk to him.
As his case unravels, Finn is shocked to discover that many of Boston's finest are risking their badges-and even their lives-to lie about this crime. Now the thin blue line between guilt and innocence stretches from Central America to the Boston suburbs . . . and is about to entangle Finn in its deadly web.
As his case unravels, Finn is shocked to discover that many of Boston's finest are risking their badges-and even their lives-to lie about this crime. Now the thin blue line between guilt and innocence stretches from Central America to the Boston suburbs . . . and is about to entangle Finn in its deadly web.
430 pages, Hardcover
First published July 11, 2007
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David Hosp
15 books70 followersDavid Hosp is a trial lawyer who spends a portion of his time working pro bono on behalf of wrongly convicted individuals. He lives with his wife and family in Boston.
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August 12, 2018
I had read this before, but continued on because I like reading books based around Boston. Second time, though, I'm more critical. This author writes well, and enjoyably. He has a good vocabulary. Authors with good command of the English language get my respect. So this big underground, machette wielding figure stalks Finn and his associates and goes to great lengths to avoid the "truth". But, when we learn who the "guilty party" is, it's pointless. The evil underground guy had no real reason to avoid truth, so looking back... what was his motivation?
April 27, 2010
Imagine that you are an immigrant who has come to America to avoid the persecution and certain murder of your extended family in your home country. You are a skilled physician with a newborn daughter. A detective is assaulted and shot. She was investigating a vicious gang from your home country, whom you had treated as you do any patient that needs help. You are accused, convicted, and sent to prison.
A young lawyer has taken up your case. He is butchered with a machete. Before his death, he had spoken to a locally famous trial lawyer who also is prone to take on causes that need attention. His colleagues, a private eye and a young lawyer, have fallen in love. She is hacked-up and they are attacked. The local police force pilliaries these three for trying to release a hated attacker of a police officer.
There is DNA from fingernail scrapings of the original victim. The new lawyer gets the toxicology report as a hearing is set by a curious judge.
Is it possible that if the expert declares it certain that there is a DNA match, the accused may still be innocent?
Innocence is an apt title for a finely written book exploring the innocence of a variety of these interesting characters. David Hosp has an excellent grasp of storytelling. As I read these pages, the momentum built to the point that I could not put the book down until I was done, smiling at the mysteries that flowed from the pages like water from a mountain stream. I was on a 14 hour flight to Japan, which passed like moments.
If you enjoy, tension, emotion, and blossoming love, you will be delighted to have sat down with this wonderful work. Mr. Hosp has blended each of these emotions together with the background of chilling crime.
A young lawyer has taken up your case. He is butchered with a machete. Before his death, he had spoken to a locally famous trial lawyer who also is prone to take on causes that need attention. His colleagues, a private eye and a young lawyer, have fallen in love. She is hacked-up and they are attacked. The local police force pilliaries these three for trying to release a hated attacker of a police officer.
There is DNA from fingernail scrapings of the original victim. The new lawyer gets the toxicology report as a hearing is set by a curious judge.
Is it possible that if the expert declares it certain that there is a DNA match, the accused may still be innocent?
Innocence is an apt title for a finely written book exploring the innocence of a variety of these interesting characters. David Hosp has an excellent grasp of storytelling. As I read these pages, the momentum built to the point that I could not put the book down until I was done, smiling at the mysteries that flowed from the pages like water from a mountain stream. I was on a 14 hour flight to Japan, which passed like moments.
If you enjoy, tension, emotion, and blossoming love, you will be delighted to have sat down with this wonderful work. Mr. Hosp has blended each of these emotions together with the background of chilling crime.
June 30, 2011
Finally! This is the first novel I’ve read in six months that wasn’t absolute poppycock from the first page to the last. It isn’t flawless, but it’s a quick, enjoyable read.
Innocence is the story of Scott Finn, a Boston attorney who reluctantly agrees to defend a man who has been in prison for fifteen years, and claims new DNA evidence will exonerate him. His client, Vincent Salazar, was an illegal alien from El Salvador, a doctor who treated anyone who came to him, including members of the deadly VDS gang. When he first came to Boston, he was convicted of a bloody crime: attempting to murder Madeline Steele, a police officer. Now he claims he is innocent.
There are many logic problems with this book. This is one of them: why wait fifteen years? The answer is alluded to at the end of the book, but it isn’t very gratifying. Anyway, Finn is approached by Salazar’s attorney of record and asked to assist. Finn agrees. Then the first lawyer is murdered, and the case is all Finn’s. Finn comes to believe in Salazar’s innocence, and goes to the judge and asks for DNA testing. The judge tells him that he can do the testing but even if it is not a match, that isn’t enough to release him from prison. Again, a serious flaw, but okay, whatever. The judge says Finn has two weeks to convince him to give Salazar a new trial.
Finn doesn’t actually find out anything in the two weeks – instead, what we get is a long history lesson of the VDS. Also, Kozlawski, a private detective slash former cop who works with Finn, falls in love with Finn’s unpaid legal intern. That was actually the best part of the book. Koz is fifty. Lissa is thirty. Koz is a strong, silent type. Every word out of Lissa’s mouth is a swear. Yet… it’s actually affecting how good they are for each other. You can see it. It pops off the page in a way that nothing else in the book does.
Earlier this week, I considered the problem of men writing sex. This is not awful, but there are a few interesting things about the way Hosp writes sex. To whit:
His evening with Lissa had been a different experience entirely. They hadn’t slept. Ever. They had crawled over each other nonstop throughout the evening, doing things to each other he’d only read about. While they were together, it hadn’t occurred to him to worry about his performance — about whether or not she was being satisfied. He’d been too busy trying to catch up.
Not that it had seemed difficult. He’d simply done what seemed natural, following his body’s impulses and reacting instinctively to her movements, matching the rhythm of her body and the intensity of the expressions of ecstasy on her face. If those expressions were any indication, then he’d performed acceptably for her. And yet there was no way he could be sure. He’d heard about women faking pleasure to make their partners feel better about themselves. Lissa’s reactions had seemed genuine, but how could he know?
The first thing that jumped out at me was that most of this written in the negative. The second thing is that we have a big logic problem here. In the first paragraph, it had not occurred to him whether or not to worry about pleasing her. The second paragraph, all he’s doing is worrying about pleasing her.
I’ve never read any sex in which the guy is worried about his performance. Since this is written by a man, I have to wonder if there is actually some anxiety intrinsic to men in this regard. Setting all that aside, the next sex scene was actually pretty nice.
Besides sex, there is a lot of violence. Particularly with machetes. I’m fine with that but there are some scenes that were so gruesome I had to wonder if he was actually enjoying writing about those parts a little too much.
My impression of this book is that there were a lot of elements and the writer smashed them together, and hoped to form a coherent narrative. There’s DNA evidence, a vast conspiracy at the Boston Police Department, VDS, even some al Qaeda. None of it fits together perfectly. Despite the long histories of VDS, its role in the crime was actually just a shadow – the police framed Salazar and made it look like VDS. Okay, whatever.
Most improbably, the DNA evidence matched Salazar but was really his brother’s DNA. They aren’t twins, and DNA evidence today is certainly capable of discerning an individual person, and not just a family. Yet Hosp needed it to be the brother, so voila, it was the brother.
There are other problems. Certain phone calls are never explained. The motivation of a certain cop is never explained. A small operation done by cops is highly, extremely illegal and unsafe. Other problems persist.
Yet for all its flaws, I found it enthralling. I stayed up past my bedtime, unwilling to put it down. One thing I really liked was the ending. Finn didn’t get the girl. Finn’s love interest is in DC working at Homeland Security, and he knows he won’t move to DC; he simply loves Boston too much. Yet he’s hopeful they’ll get their act together and find a way to make it work. Kudos to Hosp for being unafraid of the imperfect ending.
The writing is unobtrusive. There was no sentence that made me stop and think “that was beautiful” or “that was awful.” Yet it made me want to continue reading.
This is a good airplane book. Don’t expect everything to make sense. But the characters are likable, it’s a fast read, and it will stick with you for a while after you turn the last page.
Innocence is the story of Scott Finn, a Boston attorney who reluctantly agrees to defend a man who has been in prison for fifteen years, and claims new DNA evidence will exonerate him. His client, Vincent Salazar, was an illegal alien from El Salvador, a doctor who treated anyone who came to him, including members of the deadly VDS gang. When he first came to Boston, he was convicted of a bloody crime: attempting to murder Madeline Steele, a police officer. Now he claims he is innocent.
There are many logic problems with this book. This is one of them: why wait fifteen years? The answer is alluded to at the end of the book, but it isn’t very gratifying. Anyway, Finn is approached by Salazar’s attorney of record and asked to assist. Finn agrees. Then the first lawyer is murdered, and the case is all Finn’s. Finn comes to believe in Salazar’s innocence, and goes to the judge and asks for DNA testing. The judge tells him that he can do the testing but even if it is not a match, that isn’t enough to release him from prison. Again, a serious flaw, but okay, whatever. The judge says Finn has two weeks to convince him to give Salazar a new trial.
Finn doesn’t actually find out anything in the two weeks – instead, what we get is a long history lesson of the VDS. Also, Kozlawski, a private detective slash former cop who works with Finn, falls in love with Finn’s unpaid legal intern. That was actually the best part of the book. Koz is fifty. Lissa is thirty. Koz is a strong, silent type. Every word out of Lissa’s mouth is a swear. Yet… it’s actually affecting how good they are for each other. You can see it. It pops off the page in a way that nothing else in the book does.
Earlier this week, I considered the problem of men writing sex. This is not awful, but there are a few interesting things about the way Hosp writes sex. To whit:
His evening with Lissa had been a different experience entirely. They hadn’t slept. Ever. They had crawled over each other nonstop throughout the evening, doing things to each other he’d only read about. While they were together, it hadn’t occurred to him to worry about his performance — about whether or not she was being satisfied. He’d been too busy trying to catch up.
Not that it had seemed difficult. He’d simply done what seemed natural, following his body’s impulses and reacting instinctively to her movements, matching the rhythm of her body and the intensity of the expressions of ecstasy on her face. If those expressions were any indication, then he’d performed acceptably for her. And yet there was no way he could be sure. He’d heard about women faking pleasure to make their partners feel better about themselves. Lissa’s reactions had seemed genuine, but how could he know?
The first thing that jumped out at me was that most of this written in the negative. The second thing is that we have a big logic problem here. In the first paragraph, it had not occurred to him whether or not to worry about pleasing her. The second paragraph, all he’s doing is worrying about pleasing her.
I’ve never read any sex in which the guy is worried about his performance. Since this is written by a man, I have to wonder if there is actually some anxiety intrinsic to men in this regard. Setting all that aside, the next sex scene was actually pretty nice.
Besides sex, there is a lot of violence. Particularly with machetes. I’m fine with that but there are some scenes that were so gruesome I had to wonder if he was actually enjoying writing about those parts a little too much.
My impression of this book is that there were a lot of elements and the writer smashed them together, and hoped to form a coherent narrative. There’s DNA evidence, a vast conspiracy at the Boston Police Department, VDS, even some al Qaeda. None of it fits together perfectly. Despite the long histories of VDS, its role in the crime was actually just a shadow – the police framed Salazar and made it look like VDS. Okay, whatever.
Most improbably, the DNA evidence matched Salazar but was really his brother’s DNA. They aren’t twins, and DNA evidence today is certainly capable of discerning an individual person, and not just a family. Yet Hosp needed it to be the brother, so voila, it was the brother.
There are other problems. Certain phone calls are never explained. The motivation of a certain cop is never explained. A small operation done by cops is highly, extremely illegal and unsafe. Other problems persist.
Yet for all its flaws, I found it enthralling. I stayed up past my bedtime, unwilling to put it down. One thing I really liked was the ending. Finn didn’t get the girl. Finn’s love interest is in DC working at Homeland Security, and he knows he won’t move to DC; he simply loves Boston too much. Yet he’s hopeful they’ll get their act together and find a way to make it work. Kudos to Hosp for being unafraid of the imperfect ending.
The writing is unobtrusive. There was no sentence that made me stop and think “that was beautiful” or “that was awful.” Yet it made me want to continue reading.
This is a good airplane book. Don’t expect everything to make sense. But the characters are likable, it’s a fast read, and it will stick with you for a while after you turn the last page.
October 4, 2016
David Hosp never lets you down one second in "Innocence", the second book in the Scott Finn Series. This compelling legal thriller hooked me until the end.
It's a fun and interesting read, and what makes it fantastic is that the premise of the story has its roots in fact and Mr. Hosp's experience as a trial lawyer. American judges have vacated almost two hundred convictions over the past ten years because the DNA testing, which caused those convictions, showed severe errors.
It's a fun and interesting read, and what makes it fantastic is that the premise of the story has its roots in fact and Mr. Hosp's experience as a trial lawyer. American judges have vacated almost two hundred convictions over the past ten years because the DNA testing, which caused those convictions, showed severe errors.
February 9, 2013
David Hosp has turn out to be one of those rare new finds where you can't help but go though their entire catalogue having found them. I've now read the first two book sin the Scott Finn series, and found the sort of books you can't put down until finished. Hosp brings all the technical knowledge of an accomplished trial lawyer to his fiction, and does so with a rare skill. He is also very canny in how he develops his characters book to book, with the Finn's romance going on hold while the taciturn Koz grows into a person with far more depth, while we lose none of our interest in Finn.
When I click on the save button after writing this, I have Among Thieves all lined up ready to go, and I have little doubt it will be another winner.
When I click on the save button after writing this, I have Among Thieves all lined up ready to go, and I have little doubt it will be another winner.
February 16, 2008
Hosp isn't as well known as he should be, as far as I'm concerned. I've read all his books so far, and liked them all.
It's been a while since I've read this, so the plot is fuzzy in my mind, but I did copy a good quote from it at the time I read it. A very timely quote, I might add, given the political climate over the past ten years:
"If the government is permitted to rig the system against those it has chosen to accuse, none of our citizens can feel safe from the dangers of tyranny."
It's been a while since I've read this, so the plot is fuzzy in my mind, but I did copy a good quote from it at the time I read it. A very timely quote, I might add, given the political climate over the past ten years:
"If the government is permitted to rig the system against those it has chosen to accuse, none of our citizens can feel safe from the dangers of tyranny."
August 18, 2015
A fairly good crime novel, typical of David Hosp's work, but not as good as "Among Thieves" or "Next of Kin" which he wrote later. The plot is mainline crime fiction fare and it moves along quite well, with the expected level of mayhem but the main characters remain a bit superficial. It appears that Hosp began to hit his stride in his later books.
June 10, 2023
Lawyer Scott Finn agrees to take on the case of Vincente Salazar, who has been in prison for 15 years for the attempted murder of a female police officer. DNA was left behind, but its presence was never made known to the defence and it was never tested. This could potentially exonerate Salazar. Scott, his assistant Lissa and former detective Tom Kozlowski dig into the crime. However, this ends up pitting them against corrupt cops and a dangerous gang from El Salvador.
This tale is fast-moving and entertaining enough that it kept me occupied, despite dealing with gangs, which I generally do not find very interesting. At 463 pages, it could have shorn about 100 of those to be even tighter and more suspenseful. The legal elements were well-done, but none of what emerged was anything we haven't already seen in over 24 seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, so there were no plot twists to make you go, "Wow." Our main trio were likeable characters, if nothing too deep. I have read a previous book featuring Scott Finn, but can't remember a thing about him from that: nothing here will change that.
The author should probably stay away from romance. The thing that develops between Tom and Lissa was just cringeworthy. Good for them that they fell for each other, but it was just bad writing compared to the rest of the story. Scott's background with a woman named Linda was not explored enough here to be worth being part of the story. It just got in the way. David Hosp can create a decent thriller; he should focus on tightening that up rather than forcing in some unconvincing romantic entanglements.
That's because some minor plot holes pop up. Why the 15 year wait before looking at Salazar's case again? Why did the cops want to deport Salazar for only suspecting him of associating with the VDS gang, instead of going after actual members of the VDS gang??? Why were they so gung-ho on him? What happened to the witness who saw the cop's attacker running away and said it wasn't Salazar? It's raised early on and then never mentioned again! Less time spent on the cringey Tom and Lissa stuff could have cleared things like this up.
But 3 stars for an overlong legal thriller focusing strongly on a subject matter I don't normally find very interesting (gangs), and not enough legal drama, is a decent rating. Others will likely enjoy this more than I did.
This tale is fast-moving and entertaining enough that it kept me occupied, despite dealing with gangs, which I generally do not find very interesting. At 463 pages, it could have shorn about 100 of those to be even tighter and more suspenseful. The legal elements were well-done, but none of what emerged was anything we haven't already seen in over 24 seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, so there were no plot twists to make you go, "Wow." Our main trio were likeable characters, if nothing too deep. I have read a previous book featuring Scott Finn, but can't remember a thing about him from that: nothing here will change that.
The author should probably stay away from romance. The thing that develops between Tom and Lissa was just cringeworthy. Good for them that they fell for each other, but it was just bad writing compared to the rest of the story. Scott's background with a woman named Linda was not explored enough here to be worth being part of the story. It just got in the way. David Hosp can create a decent thriller; he should focus on tightening that up rather than forcing in some unconvincing romantic entanglements.
That's because some minor plot holes pop up. Why the 15 year wait before looking at Salazar's case again? Why did the cops want to deport Salazar for only suspecting him of associating with the VDS gang, instead of going after actual members of the VDS gang??? Why were they so gung-ho on him? What happened to the witness who saw the cop's attacker running away and said it wasn't Salazar? It's raised early on and then never mentioned again! Less time spent on the cringey Tom and Lissa stuff could have cleared things like this up.
But 3 stars for an overlong legal thriller focusing strongly on a subject matter I don't normally find very interesting (gangs), and not enough legal drama, is a decent rating. Others will likely enjoy this more than I did.
January 14, 2020
Another good lawyer writer following in the Grisham, Turow and Patterson tradition. Hosp’s hero is Scott Finn a fine lawyer who rather want to strike out on his own rather than being in a partnership in a big legal firm. Following from the event of the first book, Finn is estrange from his girlfriend Linda who took up a homeland security post down in DC. However, he was approached by another lawyer Mark Dobson to look into one of his case where his client was imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Finn reluctantly took up the case in the hope of striking up a good reputation as well as the possibility of a good payout later if he can establish the innocent of his client Vincente Salaza. He was hoping that a DNA evident from fifteen years ago can exonerate his client as new evidence came up of police complicity in implicating his client emerge.
However, a vicious El Salvadorean gang, VDS led by a leader Carlos who are complicating the case and it all ends in a bloodbath as the story come to a climax.
A final twist in the case held reader’s attention as the DNA show a surprising result. Is his client innocent after all? Read on.
However, a vicious El Salvadorean gang, VDS led by a leader Carlos who are complicating the case and it all ends in a bloodbath as the story come to a climax.
A final twist in the case held reader’s attention as the DNA show a surprising result. Is his client innocent after all? Read on.
August 27, 2018
The story opens 15 years earlier with an undercover cop getting attacked in an alley with a machete which leads to the violent arrest of the man they believe to be the attacker.
The book then picks up 15 years later and so our story begins.
This is My second David Hosp book My first Dark Harbour(Finn 1) which I gave a Five star review and I am happy to say Innocence doesn't disappoint or suffer from the book 2 syndrome.
Finn returns and finds his back up against the wall as he takes on a Pro Bono case which could threaten his life and the friends he surrounds himself with.
As expected the writing is first class, great characters, a plot that always keeps moving, and a thriller that is believable From the explosive first chapter every twist filled page I was held captive wondering what will happen next.
To say that Innocence is a great legal thriller would be an understatement it has everything you want in a book.
Miss this at you own risk well worth your time and hard earned cash A MUST READ.
The book then picks up 15 years later and so our story begins.
This is My second David Hosp book My first Dark Harbour(Finn 1) which I gave a Five star review and I am happy to say Innocence doesn't disappoint or suffer from the book 2 syndrome.
Finn returns and finds his back up against the wall as he takes on a Pro Bono case which could threaten his life and the friends he surrounds himself with.
As expected the writing is first class, great characters, a plot that always keeps moving, and a thriller that is believable From the explosive first chapter every twist filled page I was held captive wondering what will happen next.
To say that Innocence is a great legal thriller would be an understatement it has everything you want in a book.
Miss this at you own risk well worth your time and hard earned cash A MUST READ.
July 24, 2025
Good book, not a fan of the “rushed” ending tho, “he just wanted to scare her”, it seemed like it was more than that. The way the crime is described at the beginning is way more intense than how Salazar explains it to Finn at the end. It felt rushed. Like a way of saying ok he may or may not be innocent you never know. The uncertainty is good, it is always good to doubt judgement, but I don’t know if this was the case to be doubting that judgement? Still a fire book tho!
I also felt that it did a great way of describing situations, make you uncomfortable without a ton of detail. So that’s amazing. The book is amazing overall, is just that tiny detail with Miguel and Salazar. Other than that great.
I also felt that it did a great way of describing situations, make you uncomfortable without a ton of detail. So that’s amazing. The book is amazing overall, is just that tiny detail with Miguel and Salazar. Other than that great.
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August 18, 2018
The whole book is a young lawyer trying to get a man out of prison. The man was. convicted of shooting a female policeman and had been in jail for 15 years. The lawyer, Scott Finn, starts investing everything that led up to the first trial and finds all sort of corruption and secrets that puts his life and the life of others in danger.
December 12, 2017
Did not want to put this down. Held my interest with twists and turns right until the end. I liked that the attorney and the investigator did not take incredibly stupid chances on their own. Will be looking for more from this author.
February 23, 2018
This was very enjoyable tale to read and really galvanized me as a fan of Hosp's writing. I can't help but love when the underdog comes out on top but it is a bit sad visualizing the toll that it takes on the hero.
May 23, 2019
Good book, did figure it out a while before though not 100% convinced David Hosp didn’t help me! I read this quite a while after book number 1 and although not needed I think my missing memory meant I was a bit frustrated with details of the relationship between Finn and Flaherty!
November 8, 2023
2.5 stars. It’s a solidly average book, with characters that lack charisma and depth. I was mildly interested in the storyline, but didn’t find anyone really likable. The plot was not a new one, either, so the ending twist didn’t really satisfy. I might try another one.
June 28, 2017
A convicted man wants a new trial (after serving 15 years) & his (once unwilling) lawyer is the only man willing to fight to find the truth.
September 27, 2017
great lawyer/PI book
October 24, 2018
I like the Scott Finn series. Not as engaging as the first story, but still very good. Enjoyed the introduction of a new character, the female legal student. It's a solid 3.5 stars.
July 22, 2019
An excellent story of deceit and salvation. A very good follow-up to the first Scott Finn novel.
May 9, 2021
So enjoying this author
September 6, 2021
A good story. First time reading this author. Not sure I would read another one of his books though. Very coarse language. I almost didn’t finish. F bombs are dropped all the time.
Want to read
January 14, 2022its good
January 26, 2023
He is a professor at New England Law and also an author. John Grisham style, enjoyed it. takes place in Boston. Deals with DNA evidence
April 12, 2023
Good for John Grisham fans.
May 25, 2023
Such an amazing story. One of the best I've read.
May 18, 2024
Good storyline. I enjoyed it very much.
March 30, 2021
Solid mystery. I managed to figure it out pretty early but was still intrigued about how it would play out. Had some unnecessary violence against women, in that it didn't seem to propel the plot and just seemed to be there for the shock value. Will continue to read the series, but with a little more caution.
December 26, 2019
I like this series for the characters.
Scott Finn leaves his big law firm to practice on his own. He is intelligent, sly, albeit a bit unsafe with his own life. Luckily, his investigator, Tom Kozlowski, is a former police detective, has enough experience to watch his back while he does his job. The intern, Liisa, is a devil with a profanity dictionary and a heart of gold.
Scott Finn leaves his big law firm to practice on his own. He is intelligent, sly, albeit a bit unsafe with his own life. Luckily, his investigator, Tom Kozlowski, is a former police detective, has enough experience to watch his back while he does his job. The intern, Liisa, is a devil with a profanity dictionary and a heart of gold.
July 27, 2008
Innocence, by David Hosp. A-minus. Narrated by George Guidall, produced by Recorded Books, downloaded from audible.com.
This is the third, I believe in the Scott Finn series, about a Boston lawyer, who started working for a corporate firm, and is now in solo practice handling criminal defense. We initially see him wheeling and dealing with divorce attorneys and respondents, trying to get an $8 million deal for his client. In the middle of this rather sleazy mess, another attorney comes up to Finn and begs him to work with him on an Innocence Project case. The lawyer insists that, while the Salvotorian illegal immigrant has been in prison on death row for 15 years for shooting a policewoman putting her into a wheelchair permanently, the lawyer insists he didn’t do it. He gets Finn to go with him to meet the prisoner. Finn’s partner, a former cop who knew the woman cop who was shot, goes along. Finn hasn’t decided whether or not to take on the case, but did sign on with the other attorney, still thinking he would wiggle his way out of it. Then, the other lawyer is murdered, and he is stuck with the case as the only lawyer. The reader goes back and forth in this book trying to decide whether the man is truly innocent, or, despite the altering of evidence by the police, whether he is still guilty. This is just as good as Hosp’s other books in this series and reminds me of early Scott Turow. George Guidall is the perfect narrator for this book. He does all the different voices, from the bullying husband in the divorce case, to a gossipy nosey neighbor, with finesse.
This is the third, I believe in the Scott Finn series, about a Boston lawyer, who started working for a corporate firm, and is now in solo practice handling criminal defense. We initially see him wheeling and dealing with divorce attorneys and respondents, trying to get an $8 million deal for his client. In the middle of this rather sleazy mess, another attorney comes up to Finn and begs him to work with him on an Innocence Project case. The lawyer insists that, while the Salvotorian illegal immigrant has been in prison on death row for 15 years for shooting a policewoman putting her into a wheelchair permanently, the lawyer insists he didn’t do it. He gets Finn to go with him to meet the prisoner. Finn’s partner, a former cop who knew the woman cop who was shot, goes along. Finn hasn’t decided whether or not to take on the case, but did sign on with the other attorney, still thinking he would wiggle his way out of it. Then, the other lawyer is murdered, and he is stuck with the case as the only lawyer. The reader goes back and forth in this book trying to decide whether the man is truly innocent, or, despite the altering of evidence by the police, whether he is still guilty. This is just as good as Hosp’s other books in this series and reminds me of early Scott Turow. George Guidall is the perfect narrator for this book. He does all the different voices, from the bullying husband in the divorce case, to a gossipy nosey neighbor, with finesse.
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