"Margolin continues his return to the exceptional form of his early novels with this gripping, tightly plotted, and smoothly written legal thriller... A winner from a veteran genre author." â??Booklist The "master of heart-pounding suspense" returns with a brand new series and a USA Today bestseller The Third Victim is New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin at his very best. A woman stumbles onto a dark road in rural Oregonâ??tortured, battered, and bound. She tells a horrific story about being kidnapped, then tortured, until she finally managed to escape. She was the lucky oneâ??two other women, with similar burns and bruises, were found dead. The surviving victim identifies the house where she was held captive and the owner, Alex Masonâ??a prominent local attorneyâ??is arrested. Although he loudly insists upon his innocence, his wife's statements about his sexual sadism and the physical evidence found at the scene, his summer home, is damning. Regina Barrister is a legendary criminal defense attorney, known as "The Sorceress" for her courtroom victories. But she's got a secret, one that threatens her skill, her reputation, and, most of all, her clients. And she's agreed to take on the seemingly impossible task of defending Alex Mason. Robin Lockwood, a young lawyer and former MMA fighter, has just left a clerkship at the Oregon Supreme Court to work for Regina Barrister. The Alex Mason trial is her first big one, a likely death penalty case, and she's second chair to Regina. Increasingly, she's worried her boss's behavior and the details in the case against their client don't qui… (más)
A tourchered woman is found on a road and she is linked totwo other touchered murdered prostitutes. They find the hours where the murders happened, Its ownedby a leading local solicitor. His wife frames him with the living victim . It takes intriguing discovery to charge the murderers. A reasonable read with twists and turns ( )
I enjoyed this book. It was so well written. Exciting from start to finish. One of the best books I have read in a long time. Definitely a 5 star book. ( )
At the end of her clerkship, Robin Lockwood has been offered her dream job working with Regina Barrister . Alex Mason is known for his legal expertise and his abrasive personality. When a victim is found on the side of the road with torture marks that match two previous murdered women, the police catch a break. When the victim takes the police to a remote cabin, they find evidence to convict Alex Mason who claims he is innocent. Lockwood and Barrister begin the defense, but Lockwood begins to have doubts about her boss. As stories unravel, Alex finds himself facing conviction, but who did the murders and why?
I haven’t read much written by Phillip Margolin, but I have enjoyed everything I’ve read up to this point. I did not realize this book was the first one in a new series so that is kind of exciting. Overall I think the story is well written. Set up is done nicely and I did not guess the ending until it was very close. ( )
I generally liked the book, the themes and the storyline, but twisty ending didn't seem believable. Full marks yo the narrator for making the prose come alive. ( )
"Margolin continues his return to the exceptional form of his early novels with this gripping, tightly plotted, and smoothly written legal thriller... A winner from a veteran genre author." â??Booklist The "master of heart-pounding suspense" returns with a brand new series and a USA Today bestseller The Third Victim is New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin at his very best. A woman stumbles onto a dark road in rural Oregonâ??tortured, battered, and bound. She tells a horrific story about being kidnapped, then tortured, until she finally managed to escape. She was the lucky oneâ??two other women, with similar burns and bruises, were found dead. The surviving victim identifies the house where she was held captive and the owner, Alex Masonâ??a prominent local attorneyâ??is arrested. Although he loudly insists upon his innocence, his wife's statements about his sexual sadism and the physical evidence found at the scene, his summer home, is damning. Regina Barrister is a legendary criminal defense attorney, known as "The Sorceress" for her courtroom victories. But she's got a secret, one that threatens her skill, her reputation, and, most of all, her clients. And she's agreed to take on the seemingly impossible task of defending Alex Mason. Robin Lockwood, a young lawyer and former MMA fighter, has just left a clerkship at the Oregon Supreme Court to work for Regina Barrister. The Alex Mason trial is her first big one, a likely death penalty case, and she's second chair to Regina. Increasingly, she's worried her boss's behavior and the details in the case against their client don't qui
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It takes intriguing discovery to charge the murderers. A reasonable read with twists and turns (