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False Witness
Phillip Margolin
St. Martin’s Press
284 Pages
This is a stand alone novel that is thriller/suspense. I have never read this author before. This book will appeal to those who enjoy thrillers with many characters that is, for lack of a better word, busy. It requires work from the reader to keep track of the plots and subplots and the different characters involved in them.
The overarching plot involves Karen Wyatt, a lawyer, who was set up in a corruption scandal and was disbarred as a result. At the beginning of the book, this scandal is discovered, hence this part of the plot does not ruin the experience for any reader. When Wyatt is exonerated, she resumes the practice of laws and one of her clients is either guilty of a gruesome crime or is being used and it appears so. In fighting for her client, she discovers that there is involvement by someone in the DA’s office and there is a connection to a drug gang.
I cannot compare this to any of his previous novels, but this is a solid thriller, with some surprises. For me, it was engaging and gripping but it was easy to become confused with all of the subplots and characters. It is the kind of book that might be easier to follow with pen and paper in order to keep track of the characters and plots.
Every once in a while, I am in the mood for a suspense novel so when I have the time, I will read something else by Mr. Margolin to have a basis for comparison. In addition, I listened to the audiobook for part of the novel and read a digital copy for most of it. The narrator is good but for complicated books, like this, I find that a digital copy is better so that I don’t miss any details.
Thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and Macmillan Audio for providing me to this advanced copy of this book. The opinions expressed here are entirely my own.
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