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1. What are you currently reading? Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark. This is Marcia Clark's first novel, published back in 2011, and it introduces her popular heroine, Los Angeles ADA Rachel McKnight. After getting a guilty verdict in a high-profile murder case no one thought was winnable, Rachel inherits a rape case she doesn't want. The victim's family is politically connected and it's an election year, which will make the process more complicated than Rachel would like. If that's not bad enough, there seems to be dissension between the teenage victim and her powerful father. No wonder Rachel likes her Glenlivet.
This is my third Marcia Clark book of the year and it's only March. The first was Trial by Ambush, her non-fiction examination of the Barbara Graham case, and it was terrific. My second was The Fall Girl, and it was just OK. In fact, I was thinking about it the day after I finished it – the next day! – and it took me a minute to remember whodunnit. So I wasn't eager to visit Marcia again so soon. But my library unexpectedly had it available, and I thought, "why not?" Sometimes books find me when I need to read them. Maybe Guilt by Association is one of them
2. What did you recently finish reading? Unleashed by David Rosenfelt. This is the 11th book in the Andy Carpenter series and it includes everything that makes it one of my favoritest: Andy cracks wise and annoys judges and prosecutors alike, he and Laurie engage in witty banter, Andy admits to physical cowardice, and, of course, there are dogs.
But while I enjoyed this one, I didn't loooove it. Too bad because I really wanted to. But what promised to be a straightforward, highly relatable courtroom drama took some wild turns. Andy's accountant, Sam Willis, meets an old high school rival who needs a good lawyer, and of course Sam recommends Andy. Barry dies suddenly and under suspicious circumstances and authorities believe Barry's wife (Sam's first, long-ago love) is involved. There. That's enough. Stop there. But we somehow veer into an international assassination plot. Huh? Got to admit, I didn't care.
3. What will you read next? I don't know.
