The Suspect (Signet Novel)
by John Lescroart
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Author: John LescroartEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-02
ISBN: 0451222768
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Signet
Book Reviews of The Suspect (Signet Novel)
Book Review: A cracker of a court room drama; Cocktail dose of Michael Conelly and John Grisham mashed up into a powerful novel
Summary: 5 Stars
(1) Gina Roarke defends Stuart Goremean who is acussed of killing his wife.
(2) Problem is Stuart Goreman tied the noose around himself by actually saying things to the inspector Devine Juhle which would actually hurt him. He inadvertently tells the inspector e all the things which would draw suspicion on himself being the murderer.
(3) Stuart Goreman has not had a happy marital relationship with this wife but he says he didn't want her killed either but thinking that he is innocent he makes a cardinal mistake of talking to the cops without an attorney and unwittingly says things to the effect that, he recently had an argument with his deceased wife, was weary of her and that his wife was wanting a divorce. All this and the fact that he does not have any person to support his alibi of innocence placing him away fromt the crime on the day of the crime. He does have a receipt from a gas station but the prosecution builds a case neverthless of showing how Stuart could still have committed the murder.
(3) In a trial by media situation Stuart suddenly realises that his initial naive statements to the police have actually made him into a prime suspect and Devine Juhle who appeared to Stuart in the beginning (when he unwittingly spilled his guts out) to be neutral actually ends up strongly suspecting Stuart Goreman of the murder and has agressively been building a case against him and has been piecing together a Motive to take the trial to a grand jury hearing. DA is convinced by Devine that they atleast have enough circumstancial evidence to push for a jury trial.
(4) Gina's job is to cut this before it goes to trial in the prelim hearing which decides whether there is enough to go on to go for a grand jury trial.
(5) Compounding matters worse for Stuart is a problematic neighbour, Bethany, the friend of Stuart's daughter who is convinced she saw Stuart's car park at Stuart residence during the time of the murder (the time that Stuart says as per his alibi that he was many miles away in his own outhouse shed). Bethany is ready to testify to this fact as a witness.
(6) To Compound this alreadt existing compounding situation is Stuart's daughter who is a manic depressive is on medication, and who goes and threatens her friend, Bethany to change her statement. This leads to a bigger mess for Gina's client who just went from possibly innocent to possibly guilty to downright guilty in the minds of the common people and media.
(7) Gina with the help of detective Wyatt Hunt piece together what happened on the night of the murder and who the killer is. Is the killer the client she is actually defending or is her client innocent as he claims ? If so then who is the actual killer ?
(8) A cracker of a court room drama and a great detective story. It's like Michael Conelly and John Grisham mashed up into a strong, and impulsive story which keeps chugging along. An ultra page turner.
regards, Vikram
Summary of The Suspect (Signet Novel)
Carelessly confident that the cops will recognize his innocence when his wife is found murdered, Stuart Gorman tells them everything-and becomes not only the number-one suspect, but number-one with a bullet. He reluctantly hires lawyer Gina Roake. Back in the game after a personal loss of her own, Gina knows all too well that innocence is no guarantee of justice...
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