8.17.2024

finished reading

This is billed as a mystery/thriller.  It's really more of a courtroom thriller.  I liked that the main character, Jane Smith is in denial about a cancer diagnosis just as she is in the throes of a career-making case.  Her focus on keeping her perfect win streak was believable.  I enjoyed the secondary characters and hope that future books will have them playing more significant roles.

From the publisher:
Criminal attorney Jane F. Smith, tough as nails, has received a terminal diagnosis and doesn't have much time. Is her own client trying to kill her first?

Her name is Jane Smith. To friends and foes, she's Jane Effing Smith.
 
 Why? Because she's the best criminal defense attorney in the Hamptons—the elite world of New York's rich and infamous. Because she's as good an investigator as she is a lawyer. Because she's tough. She's strong. A competitive athlete who never settles for second place.
 
As Jane is preparing to defend a high-profile client accused of a triple homicide, she's also hired to revive a cold case—a cluster of unsolved murders.
 
Then another bombshell lands: a devastating medical diagnosis. Terminal. She’s given twelve months to live.
 
But first, she has a trial to win. Unless one of her many enemies kills her first.

1 comment:

The Gal Herself said...

Is this book #1? If so, I'm on hold for it. I like Mike Lupica. For a career baseball journalist, he writes convincing female characters.