Wild Justice

In Philip Margolin's Wild Justice, the first installment in the Amanda Jaffe legal thriller series, this thriller will give you chills and make you shudder. When Amanda Jaffe joined her father's law firm as an associate, he helped him take the case against Vincent Cardoni. A prominent doctor who's been arrested for series crimes, who had run into some trouble with the law and with the mafia. He claims he's innocent and that Justine Castle, his soon-to-be ex-wife had framed him. During his trial, they hit a snafu with Detective Vasquez's testimony who had a hard-on Castle and to nail him for the crimes. From there, they motioned to suppress the evidence against him. That's when he disappeared and his hand is missing. Fast-forward to four years later, Amanda's moved up in his father's law firm, and a new farmhouse became the killing ground for another set of serial murders. And Justine Castle calls Amanda and asks her for her help, when she believes she didn't do it and she was framed from Cardoni. During this case, she began to have a heated relationship with Toni Fiori, someone she used to date back in high school. While the suspicion was on Castle, she hired Vasquez as a PI to protect her and with help with the case. Cardoni's discovered in a new guise to watch Justine; but when Vasquez's attacked and then Justine's later found dead, she discovered who's the culprit, someone who's real close to her with newfound truth, she fights for her life when the danger came near her in a shocking ending.


This was a terrific legal thriller debut in a new series from Philip Margolin. I read another book in that series a few years ago as the title had slipped through my mind. I cared for Amanda and Frank's relationship as father and daughter and also as colleagues in the same law firm. Although the murders grossed me out, I was confused on who really had done it in the end. I thought Castle and Cardoni deserved each other with their bitter rivalry, until Castle had bit the dust in the end. I wasn't sure what to say or think about Tony Fiori. I would let his actions speak for himself in this story. I loved the Portland locations for the backdrop and the scenic settings through the novel. This would make you shake your head, groan, do a double-take, and make your head spin from start to finish with non-stop action, drama, a hint of romance, and a lot of suspense.

Will you be prepared to deal with wild justice today?

Capitol Murder

If you want to read an excellent thriller, you'll love Phillip Margolin's Capitol Murder, the 3rd installment in the Washington D.C. series. Dana Cutler and Brad Miller were back at it again. Brad worked with Senator Carson, while Dana continued to work for her tabloid newspaper. Together, they encountered a disturbing truth down in Washington D.C. First of all, Clarence Little hired a new attorney to overturn his guilty convictions. And things weren't the way it seemed. Once freed, there was a new line of bloodshed and copycat murders to frame him, when he had a plan of his own to set things right. Carson's dirty secret came out with his past affairs, while a diabolical terrorist plot was uncovered to top off 9/11. And while Brad uncovered this shocking secret of who was the truth culprit, Dana and Brad's wife Ginny learned another one of their own to an explosive ending that you'll never see coming. He did it again with this thriller with political thriller elements. We'll get to see what Dana, Ginny and Brad goes through with this tricky situation they've been caught into.

This was a great thriller/political thriller that dealt with politics and recent news headlines. I cared about Dana and Brad, while I was iffy on President Carson. I loved the location of Washington D.C. for this series and particular thriller. I couldn't care less about Clarence Little. This would make you break out in a cold sweat and your heart beat race as well. Great drama, real good action and suspense, with tons of mystery and intrigue all around. 

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