#79 The Mourning Sexton

#79
The Mourning Sexton
Michael Baron
2005
405
Legal Thriller
4 out of 5
TBR
Struggling to put his life and career back together after serving time for embezzling and defrauding his clients, attorney David Hirsh is approached at minyon by Abe Shifrin a member of his synagogue. It is coming up on the third anniversary of his daughter Judith’s death and he would like David to finally find justice for her. Knowing of this car accident David thinks that there is little that can be done considering the only other person in the car was a US District Judge and the case was closed. Little did David know that what he was getting into when he agreed to look into it from a product liability case involving faulty tires and big names. What begins as a simple inquiry turns into a case of cold-blooded murder and high-level conspiracy.The reader is taken deep into the legal and religious world of David Hirsh. At some points a non-lawyer like me got a little lost, but the story is tightly wound with enough Yiddish thrown in that it makes you glad that there is a little dictionary in the back. Told in much the same way as Turow or Grisham, this book will keep you engaged to the end. Favorite character was Rosenbloom with his raw humor, intelligence and love of the fight. Also writes under the name of Michael KahnAmazon Review:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0515141461/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img