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"Rusty Quinn is the defense lawyer just about everybody hates because he defends people accused of especially despicable crimes. Some of these accused carjackers, pedophiles, kidnappers and rapists are innocent, some guilty. All of their “case files read like pulp novels that always ended the same, bad way.” Rusty believes that in our justice system even the worst rotters deserve a fair trial. Plus, he doesn’t trust the cops and prosecutors, often for good reason in Pikeville."
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This was one of the most engaging thrillers I’ve read in a while. It read more like a family drama with crime and law sprinkled in than it did a “whodunit” or psychological thriller. Yes, there are a couple of “reveals” towards the end that some might find shocking or unexpected, but the force of this novel is how Slaughter writes with such deft about the two daughters and their father. The dialogue was so authentic and compelling, the characters so real and drawn out. I got goosebumps a few tim
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3 1/2 good thriller but somewhat repetitive. It could have than shorter than its 511 pages.
Feb 20, 2018
Kristi
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