Sharp Practice

Best Defence #3

by William H.S. McIntyre

Scotland's favourite criminal defence lawyer, Robbie Munro, is back and under pressure to find a missing child, defend a murdering drug-dealer and save the career of a child-pornography-possessing local doctor.

Add to that the antics of his badly-behaving ex-cop dad, the re-kindling of an old flame and a run-in with Scotland's Justice Secretary and you'll discover why it is that, sometimes, a lawyer has to resort to Sharp Practice.

Sharp Practice is the third in a series of smart, fast-moving, crime novels by Scottish criminal defence lawyer, William McIntyre, featuring an engagingly head-strong protagonist and exploiting the kind of authentic court-room, prison and procedural details that stem from years of first-hand experience.

309 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 22, 2011

Reviews

[Tom Lindsay · Rating 3 out of 5]

As with other titles in this series, very poor proofreading lets the whole thing down. The author has good ideas for plot-lines, but rarely follows all through; those he does utilise often have rather surprising - and short - denouements. The story is interesting, but it doesn't tie together to make a truly satisfying read, possibly owing to fairly weak, yet predictable, characterisations. A B-/C+ at best.

[Miss Dizzy Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

Completely forgot about this series, another good one and i still love Robbie and his dad, will try and catch up with the rest of the series.

[Vassiliki · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was much better than the previous book of the series. Although the law terminology gave me a hard time I loved the clever, humorous writing and the twist plot.

[Carole · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are getting better as the series progresses so I am glad I stuck with it. Getting to know the characters now. Still find it hard sometimes to read and understand the Scottish dialect but you get the gist. I do like the fact that there are several cases going on at the same time and that some of them tie together.

[Shelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Robbie is defending a drug dealer who supposedly killed his girlfriend with a drug overdose.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

A 'guid' read! :)
I'm off to the library for another one.