Wild Justice: Amanda Jaffe Series, Book 1
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When a killing field is unearthed in the Oregon woods, it's linked to a Portland surgeon whose increasingly aggressive behaviour and explosive temper have already drawn the attention of his colleagues. Neophyte attorney Amanda Jaffe takes second chair to her father, a successful criminal lawyer retained by Dr. Vincent Cardoni when he is charged with multiple counts of murder. The victims have one thing in common: they are missing vital organs, which were clearly harvested by an expert surgeon. In this explosive and fast-paced suspense thriller, the forensic evidence against Cardoni is so convincing that even after his acquittal on a technicality, the reader, like Amanda, is sure of his guilt. And when a similar field of mutilated bodies turns up years later, Cardoni is again the primary suspect. But Cardoni has disappeared, and this time it's his former wife, Justine Castle, who's implicated in the new crimes, and Amanda who's retained as the lead attorney in the case.
The particulars of the killings are so similar to the first set of murders that Amanda is convinced Cardoni is involved. When he is found to be working at the same hospital where he was once a promising surgeon (this time as a custodian and under an assumed name), she draws the logical conclusion. But when she finds Cardoni's severed hand at the scene of the crimes, she is forced to rethink the assumptions on which her defence of the doctor's ex-wife is based. Could Justine, in fact, be the killer? Author Phillip Margolin's newest book moves at an almost frantic pace. Bodies pile up, evidence mounts, and everything points to Cardoni's guilt until the end, a stunner that surprises Amanda as well as the reader. This chilling, deftly crafted novel will hold the reader's attention to the last page. --Jane Adams, Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'Easily challenges Grisham or Turow.'
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There is one thing certain about this book - you will solve the mystery of the plot quite early in the plot. Then you will solve it again. And again. And again.
The book is built in a suspenseful way that is designed to bring the reader along an exciting path of deception, involvement, attachment and empathy with the books central characters.
When you reach the end and see the knitting of the story, you will appreciate the craft of the book, and of Margolins storytelling. A brilliant read that will keep you on the edge of your seat, if this book has one fault it is this: perhaps reality is stretched.
But then, this is fiction at its best.
Format:Paperback
Could not put this down, a real treat for non complicated murder mystry readers. I sussed out 3/4 way through who did it but still had to read on to find if I was right.Twists and Turns but in the old fashioned non tech way
Format:Hardcover
Given the fact that Margolin has a pretty decent legal thriller bibliography, I couldn't resist getting this pretty book - especially when the book jacket promised a heady mix of legal procedural, grisly serial murder and organised crime. I wasn't disappointed, despite a slightly bland central character. The twists and turns that Amanda Jaffe takes on her first forays in criminal defence, though compelling, promise a complexity and subtlety in plot that Margolin doesn't quite deliver. Yes, there's the standard desire to prove herself to her father and fellow attorney, some naive skepticism and a fairly shallow emotional life, but her characterisation just seemed a bit thin, even puppet-like, especially when contrasted with the vivacity of some of the book's ancillary characters. Anyway, that's probably not why you bought a book like this, which occupies quite snugly the space where Michael Crichton, Scott Turow and Patricia Cornwell overlap. Authoratative detail, some deft explanation of some of the inadequacies of the US legal system and a plot that grips like an octopus make a satisfying broth that you will surely finish within a few days, even if you have a fairly good idea where it's going to head, and who the real killer is. It's probably the best value thriller in hardback that I've bought so far and though I've given this four stars - with a little more imagination (on Margolin's part, not mine) I would have given it five.
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Fiction stretched to the extreme
A fast paced thriller that you will want to finish quickly to get to the bottom of things. Not one chapter (almost all short in the James Patterson style) passes without something... Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2008 by L. Bezzina
Holiday read
It is a rather light thriller and easy to solve.
It is interesting and easy to read though, but you instantly forget about it the moment you have finished it. Read more
It is interesting and easy to read though, but you instantly forget about it the moment you have finished it. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2005
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