The Unbroken Line in Aussie Readers

Jun 13, 2015 Brenda rated it really liked it

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The attack on their way home from dinner was violent and unprovoked – when they disfigured Eva it was immediately personal. Defence lawyer Will Harris and his partner Chris Miller had only had their small law firm operating for a few weeks, and already they were struggling. But Will had no idea why he was attacked, or what the masked men were talking about when they told him to “back off”…

As a favour to his mother who was a judge, Will agreed to defend seventeen year old Saxon, son of a fri ...more

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May 20, 2015 Shelleyrae at Book'd Out rated it really liked it

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The Unbroken Line is Alex Hammond’s second legal thriller featuring defence lawyer Will Harris, following on from his Ned Kelly Award nominated debut, Blood Witness.

Will is still dealing with both the personal and professional consequences of the events in Blood Witness, when he and girlfriend Eva are brutally attacked by two masked men. They have a message for Will from their anonymous employer - back off. Angry and confused, Will has no idea what the men are referring to, but now he is determi
The Unbroken Line is Alex Hammond’s second legal thriller featuring defence lawyer Will Harris, following on from his Ned Kelly Award nominated debut, Blood Witness.

Will is still dealing with both the personal and professional consequences of the events in Blood Witness, when he and girlfriend Eva are brutally attacked by two masked men. They have a message for Will from their anonymous employer - back off. Angry and confused, Will has no idea what the men are referring to, but now he is determined to find out, and unwittingly becomes the target of a deadly conspiracy, headed by Melbourne's elite.

With a well crafted and complex plot, The Unbroken Line is a fast paced story of corruption, violence, conspiracy and vengeance. As Will searches for answers to the attack on he and Eva, he must also defend his new law firm partner, barrister Chris Miller, when he is arrested for negligent homicide, prevent a judge's teenage son from being charged with manslaughter, and repay his debt to the Ivanics family, all whilst under investigation by the Legal Commissioner for ethics breaches related to his actions in Blood Witness. With some surprising twists, Hammond reveals the links between these seemingly unrelated threads developing an exciting multi-layered storyline.

Will is an appealing protagoinist, flawed but intelligent, with a strong sense of justice. Under siege professionally, Will is faring no better in his personal life. He is still struggling to recover from the debilitating physical effects of the vicious stabbing that left him near dead in Blood Witness, and Eva, traumatised and scarred by the masked men's attack, flee's to New York. Though The Unbroken Line could be read as a stand alone, I'd recommend readers begin with Blood Witness, which establishes his relationships with Eva, Chris and several of the other other characters that appear in both novels.

I enjoyed The Unbroken Line, it is a well crafted and gripping legal thriller. Perfect for fans of John Grisham and Michael Connelly.

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Jun 30, 2017 Kathryn rated it liked it

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Not as good as the first in the series - it felt a bit more disjointed and hard to keep track of what was happening, or perhaps I shouldn’t have left it over a year after reading the first one before picking this one up… Or perhaps not the right book at the right time for me. Still loved the flashes of recognisable Melbourne locations.

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