However, his happiness was short lived due to the tragic shooting death of his wife. She hasn’t seen Jack in many years, but she knows he eventually married and has a daughter. Olivia had a five- year relationship with Jack, but the two were incompatible and she wound up hurting Jack very badly by making some very bad decisions. No one ever sits on the stand, there are no judges or juries and the nuances of criminal court trials have disappeared entirely.īut, that is not the case with this book and for that reason alone, I intended to give the book a solid rating, but as it turns out this was a very compelling read that went beyond the legal wrangling. Now, so called legal thrillers have lawyers doing all the crime solving, making them more like amateur sleuths than attorneys.
Courtroom dramas appear to be dead in the water as fewer attorneys actually step foot into a courtroom anymore. The legal thriller has gone through many adjustments, especially over the last five or six years. The EX by Alafair Burke is a 2016 Harper publication. The man she knew could not have done this. But as the evidence against him mounts, she is forced to confront her doubts. The only question is, who would go to such great lengths to frame him-and why?įor Olivia, representing Jack is a way to make up for past regrets and absolve herself of guilt from a tragic decision, a secret she has held for twenty years. When she hears that her former fiancé, Jack Harris, has been arrested for a triple homicide-and that one of the victims was connected to his wife’s murder three years earlier-there is no doubt in her mind as to his innocence.
Olivia Randall is one of New York City’s best criminal defense lawyers.
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