"strong legal thriller"
Hector Montero, a convicted pediophile, kidnapped seven-
year-old Billy Hammond, tied his arms and legs together
with wire, stuffed a rag into his mouth then proceeded to
rape and kill the child. The lad's father Buck identified
the body at the morgue. Buck proceeded to the area where
Hector was being transported to the Barnstable County jail
on Cape Cod and killed him with his deer rifle. The
authorities charged Buck with murder in the first degree. The shooting and the subsequent arrest was caught on tape
and shown on television, a situation that worries defense
attorneys Harry Madigan and Marty Nickerson. Marty is
particularly concerned since this is her first case as a
defense attorney after working as an assistant trial
attorney for over ten years. When the presiding judge is
knifed in chambers and Harry's archenemy takes up residence
on the bench, matters look even more dismal for the defense
team. TEMPORARY SANITY takes the reader from the opening
arguments to the jury verdict in courtroom scenes so vivid
and intense that readers will feel they are part of the
case. Rose Connors can hold her own with such heavy
weights as John Grisham, Scott Turow and Nancy Taylor
Rosenberg using her expert knowledge of the law to make the
case very realistic. It is interesting to see how a
temporary insanity plea is used within the legal world and
not on a Hollywood movie screen. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted June 25, 2003
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