Meh - the plot was predictable and while I found the character of Steve Solomon OK, the character of his partner and girlfriend Victoria Lord was so aggrevating to me that at times I was strongly tempted to abandon the book all together. She is supposed to be a smart woman & a lawyer but all she does is worry about her relationship & think about buying things. Not once do we see her working (except for the one episode where she is representing Steve)! When her partner becomes embroiled in a bad situation with a former client, does she think about how to help make the situation better? No, she worries that he doesn't want to buy a condo with her. ( )

This is a solid entry into the series. It is a discussion on the meaning of truth, wrapped in a action packed thriller.It examines the length it is acceptable to stretch to achieve justice. Steve is the main character in this one since it is his past catching up with him. He is getting all the PR he can handle from a local radio host but none of it good. He helped put the man into jail years before, which is a problem since he was the man's defense lawyer. That would cause hard feelings with most people, and this radio host is a well known psychiatrist and author who is not going to let Steve off the hook. Steve must solve exactly how he got away with murder in the past to prevent more murders in the present, espcecially his own.
This one includes the great line by Steve's dad "lawyerin's like playing poker with ideas." ( )

I love this series. Victoria does get a bit tiresome in her constant hedging and worrying, but the others more than make up for it. Her mother is particularly adorable in this episode. I hope Levine keeps writing this series for a long time. ( )

http://dhamel.typepad.com/book_blog/2007/02/levine_paul_kil.html ( )