Found not guilty but kills again? And you got him off?
Michael Gresham is a criminal attorney with a brother who won’t take his meds, an ex-wife who wants him to finance her fertility costs, and a client accused of murdering the wife of a judge. As the story progresses, the brother is being hunted down by MexTel, a huge conglomerate that wants him dead, and the ex-wife’s new husband wants to borrow money, while the judge whose wife was murdered suddenly tries to hire Michael Gresham for himself. Can an attorney who feels like he’s slowing down with age (55) still succeed in court against younger, more aggressive lawyers? Can Michael Gresham turn the tables on those who would see him dead? And who is going to pay him for the injury and disfigurement they caused him?
One innocent client who looks more guilty with each new violent act…
Watch up close as a young defendant who many thought to be low IQ begins to emerge from his silence and withdrawal to become a powerful force that finally must be dealt with.
Watch as a lonely attorney finally meets someone
Romance begins to bloom on rocky soil and Michael’s hope is rekindled despite disfiguring injuries he has suffered.
One courtroom thriller that curls around and surprises even the most keen listeners…
A legal thriller sure to satisfy the most demanding listeners of legal fiction and lawyer novels. For the fans of John Grisham and Michael Connelly, the novels of John Ellsworth are burning up the Amazon charts with over 400,000 downloads in the first 16 months of publication. Be one of the first in your group to discover this amazing writer and his long list of books and exciting characters.
Boring mess. What a mess. The multiple plot lines are intertwined, and one of the main threads isn’t tied up at the end of the book. I kept thinking, for an experienced attorney, Michael Gresham is an idiot, lacks common sense or intuition, repeatedly puts himself in danger, refusing to listen to his right hand man and best friend. I skimmed through many pages of the book, praying for an ending, which turned out to be disappointing. There is so much “fluff” in the writing it read (to me) like…
You mean this guy has actually written/published other books? I had just finished John Grisham’s “Rogue Lawyer” and my Kindle suggested this book. I had never heard the name John Ellsworth before. I saw the price was only $3.99 and figured, “What the heck. Obviously they’re giving some first-time novelist a shot, if it’s that cheap. Why not give it a whirl?” Upon reading this book my suspicions seemed confirmed. It was amateurish: incomplete character development. Poorly researched: Has the writer ever been to Chicago? Riddled with factual…
Three stars, but a hesitation as a review. I did something that I’ve not done in any of my prior reviews. I read the 2 and 3 star reviews prior to “penning” this review. My reason for doing so was that I frankly was rather flummoxed by this read in terms of what kind of review I wanted to present and so wanted some “feed back” to determine whether I was out in left field by my thoughts, or not. My take away from the above is a bit of both.Â