Genre: Legal
Thriller
Description:
“No good deed goes unpunished: this time it's going to be brutal.
Christmas is coming and the world is joyful for everyone but Josie
Bates. A devastating miscarriage, her employer’s pending retirement, and her
husband’s overseas job have left her alone and adrift—until Lily Daye dies and
names Josie executor of her estate. Josie has no idea who this woman is, but
her will is simple and her possessions meager. In the spirit of the season,
Josie accepts the job. Yet behind Lily’s seemingly modest existence lies a
complex, mysterious life. When an eccentric tech mogul turns up to contest the
will, the only spirit Josie is channeling is one of outrage that her life is
being upended and Lily’s last wishes disrespected. Up against a high-powered,
ruthless attorney, a court on a schedule, and an entitled man with more money
than God, Josie is determined to protect her client’s interests or die trying.”
Author:
“Rebecca Forster is the USA Today
bestselling author of Keeping Counsel. She has written in many genres but her
legal thrillers have been called, 'Perfect. Impossible to put down,' by the CBS
legal correspondent
She holds a BA from Loyola University,
Chicago and an MBA from Loyola University, Los Angeles.
Married to a superior court judge and the
mother of two sons, she teaches at UCLA writers program, volunteers in
classrooms and speaks in many venues around the country.”
For more, visit Ms. Forster’s website.
Appraisal:
I’ve read and loved lots of Rebecca Forster’s books over the years, in
multiple series. If forced to pick a favorite The Witness Series with Josie
Bates would probably be my pick. This one had a lot of elements that kept me
engaged with a tendency to reveal something at the end of the chapter that made
me want to immediately start reading the next chapter. Josie spends some time
in court and experiences some tense situations that make the legal thriller
classification a good fit for this. There is a lot of mystery to it (with her
client, Lily Daye, being deceased, Josie has to figure out what Lily’s estate
consists of, where the person who is supposed to inherit it is, and as the
story unfolds lots of other mysteries pop up). We’ve also got some other twists
dealing with new technology and Lily’s past that only complicate matters more.
It makes for an engaging, fun read that kept me guessing as to where things
were headed right to the end.
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Format/Typo
Issues:
This review is based on an advance reviewer copy, so I’m unable to
gauge the final product in this area.
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 85-90,000 words
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