Member Review

Matt and Vanessa work together in a law firm, and they’re having an affair. When Matt gets promoted to partner he should take Vanessa off the case, but doesn’t. They keep their relationship secret, but when Vanessa doesn’t make partner the next year she blames Matt.

This was an interesting legal thriller. The first half of the book is a court case between Matt and Vanessa as she is suing him for sexual harassment after not getting promoted to partner. After the trial ends, Vanessa is murdered, so the second half the book is another trial where Matt is accused of the murder.

The book is told from both Vanessa and Matt’s perspectives with a narrator filling in other parts. Along with Matt and Vanessa other main characters are Vanessa’s husband who knows about the affair and her lawyer. I enjoyed the multiple POVs, and how you couldn’t trust any of these characters while reading this.

Legal thrillers aren’t always my favorite, but I thought the way the author wrote this story was done so well. I really enjoyed both court cases and how the book ended was great. I had an idea of who murdered Vanessa, but there was a bit more too it at the end that I didn’t see coming.

Read this book if you like:
- Legal thrillers
- Unreliable narrators
- Unlikeable characters
- Mystery
- Dual points of view