Dead Lawyers Tell No Tales by Randy Singer
Spending time in prison for a point shaving scheme, Landon
Reed comes out of jail with a faithful wife by his side, Kerri. Soon after this, Landon quickly hits the
books training to be a lawyer in near Washington D.C. in Virginia. Randy’s new book, Dead Lawyers Tell No Tales
is a riveting tale full of surprise with an occasional twist in plot
detail. The story speeds up as Landon is
hired on as a lawyer with Harry McNaughten, one of the founders of McNaughten
and Clay. Unbeknownst to Landon, Harry
has been on the seat of many of controversial and most difficult court
cases. Rather than shove Landon in a
cubicle and wait for his turn to rise through the ranks of lawyers, Harry immediately
puts Landon front and center of a case that smells of insider trading and
murder.
One of the reasons I thought this book was so good was its
attention to developing Landon’s character through the internal and external
struggles he faces. We are told in the
book about Landon’s conversion to faith in Christ and how this has transformed
his entire life. Yet, at the hand, we
are also told of how Landon wades through the murky waters of being a lawyer on
a firm with an attractive woman at the firm.
After finding some doctored photos sent to her in the mail of Landon and
Rachel, Kerri, Landon’s wife, explodes into a fury of rage because she suspects
that Landon is cheating on her. Even in
the middle of this situation, Landon realizes that walking the line as a lawyer
and a husband is not as easy as it seems.
Rather than back away from Kerri, Landon pursues her even in the midst
of his overburdened schedule. Secondly,
from the beginning Landon is quick to think about the moral implications of his
work. Not feeling the urge to get a set
of fingerprints in a backhanded way, Landon comes to Harry with his internal
dilemma.
The book was also an exercise in the characters trying to
find the truth amidst a myriad of lies.
From the beginning, we find out that Kerri connects with a member of a high
profile organization named Sean Phoenix.
He is the leader of a company designed to do the dirty work that the
government doesn’t want to deal with.
We find out later that Sean is known as keeping a straight face and
posture throughout questioning all the while spewing lies about his company and
their dealings. If it can be said that
someone has learned the art and science of lying, Sean’s character draws this
theme out. Furthermore, the book also
pushes the reader to beg the validity of a character’s position and actions at
almost every point in the book, while remaining glued in on the main task of
Landon.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who loves a good
lawyer novel. With enough action and
intense movement, this book is especially good at keeping your attention from
start to finish. I found the ending to
be a bit unexpected, but the book overall was very good indeed.
Thanks to Tyndale Publishers for the complimentary copy of
this book in exchange for review.
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