Snap Judgment

Fans of Clark's legal thriller series featuring defense attorney Samantha Brinkman will be pleased to learn that this third installment (after Moral Defense) continues to deliver fast-paced plotting and savvy style laced with a healthy dose of humor. This time out, Sam's client is fellow attorney Graham Hutchins. Hutchins's daughter, Alicia, was brutally murdered, then her ex-boyfriend Roan Sutton—a likely suspect in her death—was discovered dead as well. Is it suicide, or did Hutchins, in his grief, seek the ultimate revenge? Brinkman and her homespun team—paralegal/office assistant/best friend since childhood Michelle Fusco; Alex Medrano, a former client now investigator-in-the-making; and Sam's police detective father, who warily contributes information from time to time—immediately begin to search for other possible suspects. Meanwhile, Sam must cope with a bitter media crusade launched by Sutton's mother against her client and the vicious fallout from a previous case that threatens her, her family, and her associates.