Lisa and Joe Stone
are law partners. They have an easy life practicing law in a Virginia
small town, no children, but a lovable dog, Brownie. After twenty
years, Lisa is becoming restless. She loves Joe, but what's exciting
about small town legal work. In addition, Joe is such a push over, he
takes on eccentric clients for little pay, like Lettie VanStandt.
Lettie is constantly making wills, trusts and corporations. She also
fancies herself as someone able to communicate with animals and is
constantly developing potionpotions.
Lisa tries not to
mind Joe's habits, but she's restless which leads to dabbling in an
affair with a colleague, Brett Brooks. Nothing serious happens, but
now Lisa is ridden with guilt. Her guilt becomes worse when Lettie is
murdered and Joe, cited in her new will as her heir, becomes involved
with murder and shady drug company deals.
Everyone in this
plot lies, except Joe. He's the perfect guy to be setup because he's
so honest. I enjoyed the plot, but found the amount of time devoted
to the domestic arrangements of the Stones distracting. The plot
doesn't really start until about a third of the way through the book
when Lettie is murdered and Lisa and Joe are caught up in the
investigation.
I found the
characters more interesting in the opening chapters. As the novel
progressed, I found myself not liking Lisa very much. I thought the
affair with Brett was contrived to give an additional plot line to
the story and to give Lisa a reason for being involved.
I thought the ending
was equally contrived. As a legal thriller, I found it difficult to
believe the way the court, and particularly the bar association
behaved. It's not a bad read, if you enjoy legal drama, but I can't
recommend it as one of the best.
I reviewed this book
for the Amazon Vine Program.
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