I love murder mystery books, so I'm always on the look out for a new author. When I was offered the chance to read and review Accidental Lawyer by Kim Hamilton, I jumped at the chance.
Accidental Lawyer
Set
in the brilliant and diverse city of Baltimore, Accidental Lawyer, is
a humorous, often irreverent portrayal of the dubious practice of
personal injury law. Jessica Snow has a crisp new law degree, a
grinding ambition, and a pesky moral compass that is often at odds
with her new job as an ambulance chaser. Her face and name appear on
billboards and buses throughout the city, and if that isn t enough to
embarrass her mother, there s a television commercial in the works.
Her elevated status has her wrangling with a local mob boss, duping a
drug dealer, and confronting phony clients. With the help of her bold
and brassy sidekick, Kari, Jess develops a remarkable proclivity for
this ignoble profession by wrapping up difficult cases and finding
new business in unexpected places. When trumped-up murder charges are
brought against her boss, she faces her biggest challenge yet
tracking down a killer. Along the way, Jess builds a new kind of
family for herself, her own tribe, made up of friends, colleagues and
clients, many of whom are sure to raise eyebrows at her mother s
dinner table.My Review
You can't beat a good, funny, crime fiction book. Accidental Lawyer is all of these things. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and found my self giggling out loud as I made my way through it. Jessica Snow is an ambulance chaser, who, while being good at the job, isn't entirely convinced that it's what she wants to do. She has been hired so that her law firm can use her face (with a little bit of photoshop work) on their adverts around town.
The characters in this book are great. There's Jessica's fantastic next door neighbour with her mob connections. Then her assistant and sidekick, Kari, who doesn't let much stand in the way of drumming up businesses. Her boss, Dawson, who doesn't even let a murder charge get in the way of his ironing. There are no end of well drawn, funny, and entertaining characters in this book.
I really enjoyed Accidental Lawyer. A great quick read, if you're looking for something funny and fun, then I don't thin that you'll go far wrong with this.
The characters in this book are great. There's Jessica's fantastic next door neighbour with her mob connections. Then her assistant and sidekick, Kari, who doesn't let much stand in the way of drumming up businesses. Her boss, Dawson, who doesn't even let a murder charge get in the way of his ironing. There are no end of well drawn, funny, and entertaining characters in this book.
I really enjoyed Accidental Lawyer. A great quick read, if you're looking for something funny and fun, then I don't thin that you'll go far wrong with this.
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