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0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
This is an entertaining book with a surprise ending., 20 April 2001
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J.F. Freedman unwinds a complicated plot in Above the Law which should keep even those who have already read hundreds of law-enforcement/courtroom drama thrillers interested. However, he could have portrayed the unique setting in this book more acurately and completely. Muir County, "the least-populated and poorest county in the state, bordering Oregon, Nevada, and nowhere" is a thinly disguised Modoc County where, coincidently, you might just find a few characters who resemble those in this book. However, the beauty and serenity of the place never really comes through, which could have added much to the book's general tone. As I read this book, I got the feeling Freedman had simply looked on a map to find some remote spot in California to use as his setting instead of using a place he'd actually visited. The forests of oak trees he describes in the high desert where much of his action takes place don't exist there. If Freedman had ever been to the place he describes, as a writer, I can't imagine him not including in his descriptive passages the weathered and twisted juniper trees that really dot the landscape there. Freedman also ends his book with a rather negative feeling about the northeastern corner of California and the people who live there. That's a shame, since it will probably cause many readers to avoid traveling to California's truly undiscovered back country treasure.
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