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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:When cop-turned-attorney John Fiske comes to Washington to investigate his brother's murder, he unearths decades-old secrets and discovers the truth is anything but simple in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.It's never what it seems...Young attorney Michael Fiske broke the law when he took Rufus Harms's prison letter from the Supreme Court. But he also sealed his own fate. Suddenly everyone who has anything to do with Harms or his appeal mysteriously dies. Now Michael's brother John, a cop turned attorney, comes to Washington to find out why his brother was murdered�??and what it had to do with a crime that Harms committed twenty-five years before. But the one man who can help John, the one man who knows what really happened more than two decades ago�??and why�??has escaped from prison and is running for his life.… (more)
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Not as good as his other books I've read, but still a good read that didn't take me long to read.
I did have a few nits with it, though. (Mainly because I’ve made the same mistakes in my own writing. ^_^) The main one was the constant subject-verb, subject-verb, subject-verb sentences. Quite a few times I noticed over half
And I felt bad for John for losing his brother before being able to become friends with him again. There’s quite a gulf between me and my own brother that I doubt will ever be bridged, but seeing it from an outsider’s perspective is sad.
This was the first time I read this author, but it certainly won't be my last!
Michael Fiske, a Supreme Court clerk, finds the appeal, which doesn't follow the
Before John returns the call, though, Michael is killed, and Sarah Evans, the Supreme Court clerk Michael had proposed to shortly before his death, contacts him, and they begin an investigation that brings them closer together and deeper in danger.
I really enjoyed the conspiracy plot, but the backstory and the Supreme Court tutorial went on too long and interrupted the story too much. It was interesting, but it really wasn't part of the story.
The romance plot, too, bugged me in spots. I had a very hard time understanding why Michael would propose to Sarah, when they'd only dated casually and hadn't even slept together. I also had trouble believing that Sarah fell in love with John at first glance.
But overall, the complex conspiracy and John's complex character saved the story for me.
Another thrilling ride from the Camel Club series writer.
John Fiske- brother-cop lawyer
Sara- love interest
Rufus Harms -Josh Harms= Army harmed them -Brothers
evil doers army/CIA/justice/25 yrs /guards
Which also means that it took quite a while for me to care about the characters or what happened to them. I rated this a 3 because the last half of the book was compelling, but it took me months to get to that point (and normally I can read a book this length in a week or less).
In fact, the plot reminded me more of a John Grisham book than a David Baldacci book, but I am glad to see Baldacci branching out a bit from his action-hero main character type.