Status Updates From The Last Juror

This book is 478 pages, not 278 pages. Otherwise, I would have been done. I am closing this out and actively searching for my next read. My son bought me four Tom Clancey novels, but after you've read a couple of 1,000 page Tom Clancey novels, I kind of petter out. But there's a whole, wonderful world of books out there. I intend to explore as many of them as possible. I think I'll read Mike Lawson's new one, Ella.

"Amazing how the prospect of money can change your future."

“Wars will be with us as long as ignorant and greedy men try to impose their will on others.”

"I hit the floor with all sorts of thoughts—Where was my pistol? Were the Padgitts assaulting the town? Were Trooper Durant and his boys after me?"

"I had my pistol in my briefcase. I’m sure they had theirs close by. A false move here or there and an old-fashioned gunfight would erupt."