Defense and counter defense. Check and checkmate!
One Fatal Flaw (Daniel Pitt #3) by Anne Perry
An unremitting and fascinating case for Daniel Pitt, even as he becomes a more reluctant player. As the story built I was exhausted by the first court case and nowhere near ready enough for the second. Good grief I thought! By the end of a third one I was wrung out like a wet bleach cloth (currently being used constantly around my home).
Perry has given us a Daniel Pitt intricately woven story centered around two deaths from arson. Toby Kitteridge, a senior in the chambers, is as usual a wonderful foil for Daniel. I am quietly interested in Toby Kitteridge whom Miriam thinks of him as being surprisingly "agile of mind and clumsy of body." Miriam fford Croft is involved once again, assisting Daniel with her forensic expertise. However, as we know, as a woman Miriam has no legal authority or acceptance by the courts. She puts Daniel in touch with Sir Barnabas Saltram, an expert in arson cases. Saltram is her former teacher, a man superbly secure in his opinions about himself, his work, and his disdain for Miriam. I found the thinly elegant Doctor, a villain of the first order.
When the second case surrounding the deaths comes to court, Daniel finds himself working on behalf of the girlfriend of the man he'd previously defended, Rob Adwell.
The way these cases unfold during the trials is absolutely fascinating. Head of Chambers, Marcus fford Croft rises to the occasion for an associated case and Miriam has a breakthrough.
I confess I am enthralled by the legal challenges this series bring forth. Just loving Daniel's journey as a solicitor who seems to fall into unusual cases, and that of Miriam as a scientist.
A Random - Ballantine ARC via NetGalley
*****
An unremitting and fascinating case for Daniel Pitt, even as he becomes a more reluctant player. As the story built I was exhausted by the first court case and nowhere near ready enough for the second. Good grief I thought! By the end of a third one I was wrung out like a wet bleach cloth (currently being used constantly around my home).
Perry has given us a Daniel Pitt intricately woven story centered around two deaths from arson. Toby Kitteridge, a senior in the chambers, is as usual a wonderful foil for Daniel. I am quietly interested in Toby Kitteridge whom Miriam thinks of him as being surprisingly "agile of mind and clumsy of body." Miriam fford Croft is involved once again, assisting Daniel with her forensic expertise. However, as we know, as a woman Miriam has no legal authority or acceptance by the courts. She puts Daniel in touch with Sir Barnabas Saltram, an expert in arson cases. Saltram is her former teacher, a man superbly secure in his opinions about himself, his work, and his disdain for Miriam. I found the thinly elegant Doctor, a villain of the first order.
When the second case surrounding the deaths comes to court, Daniel finds himself working on behalf of the girlfriend of the man he'd previously defended, Rob Adwell.
The way these cases unfold during the trials is absolutely fascinating. Head of Chambers, Marcus fford Croft rises to the occasion for an associated case and Miriam has a breakthrough.
I confess I am enthralled by the legal challenges this series bring forth. Just loving Daniel's journey as a solicitor who seems to fall into unusual cases, and that of Miriam as a scientist.
A Random - Ballantine ARC via NetGalley
*****
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