Incriminating Evidence (Hardcover)

Needing a high profile case and Gates's large retainer, Daley and his new partner, ex-wife Rosie Fernandez, take on the case. They find themselves with a client who isn't very honest with them, a wall of incriminating evidence and a tough battle from the DA's office.

Forced by their client to try the case before the election, the defense team finds itself in court before its own investigation is complete. As a result, there's a nonstop series of cliffhangers that are very well done.

The book continues the satire on the legal profession that began in Special Circumstances and extends it to politicians and business people. The satire didn't really work for me. Today, we assume the worst about politicians and sometimes find we are being too optimistic with even that assessment. I missed the shots at law firm partners and striving associates that were so wonderful in Special Circumstances.

Mr. Siegel for some reason also cut back on the stream of consciousness that he used so effectively to alternate with his spoken words in the earlier book.

So it's a great cliff-hanging thriller. Why isn't it a five-star book? For me, that's simple. The subject matter of what the evil doers have done and are doing is consistently disgusting. Only a defense lawyer who needed the business and the attention would want to touch this case or this defendant with a ten-foot pole. Ultimately, the message certainly is that there are high personal costs to ensuring that everyone gets the best possible defense.

If you haven't read Special Circumstances, definitely read that one first. If you have, decide how much disgusting human behavior you want to read about before you decide to take this one on.

If you do decide to read this book, I suggest that you think about where your own moral standards may be slipping a bit. How can you get back on the right track?

After a late night strategy session on the campaign, Gates spends the night in the hotel. The next morning, he is awakened by the room service waiter to find a handcuffed dead man in his bed. Gates claims to be unaware of where the dead man came from, and calls Daley to handle his defense.

Needing a high profile case and Gates's large retainer, Daley and his new partner, ex-wife Rosie Fernandez, take on the case. They find themselves with a client who isn't very honest with them, a wall of incriminating evidence and a tough battle from the DA's office.

Forced by their client to try the case before the election, the defense team finds itself in court before its own investigation is complete. As a result, there's a nonstop series of cliffhangers that are very well done.

The book continues the satire on the legal profession that began in Special Circumstances and extends it to politicians and business people. The satire didn't really work for me. Today, we assume the worst about politicians and sometimes find we are being too optimistic with even that assessment. I missed the shots at law firm partners and striving associates that were so wonderful in Special Circumstances.

Mr. Siegel for some reason also cut back on the stream of consciousness that he used so effectively to alternate with his spoken words in the earlier book.

So it's a great cliff-hanging thriller. Why isn't it a five-star book? For me, that's simple. The subject matter of what the evil doers have done and are doing is consistently disgusting. Only a defense lawyer who needed the business and the attention would want to touch this case or this defendant with a ten-foot pole. Ultimately, the message certainly is that there are high personal costs to ensuring that everyone gets the best possible defense.

If you haven't read Special Circumstances, definitely read that one first. If you have, decide how much disgusting human behavior you want to read about before you decide to take this one on.

If you do decide to read this book, I suggest that you think about where your own moral standards may be slipping a bit. How can you get back on the right track?