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Contemporary Fiction Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense ThrillersHere I am. It's 1:54 AM. I should have been asleep for three hours already; instead, I just finished reading "Wrongful Death". Couldn't put it down at the end. It was an enjoyable book to read, although it dealt with a soldier's death in Iraq. And a few more deaths along the way. It was a well-crafted novel that includes a likable and skilled lawyer, David Sloan, his capable friend Charles Jenkins. And throw in a strong...
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The second in what I hope will be a long series of David Sloan novels by Robert Dugoni, this book succeeds in making the improbable believable. When Sloan sets out to sue the federal government to obtain benefits he believes belong to the family of a National Guardsman killed in the Iraq War, he must overcome a formidable barrier--the doctrine that prohibits soldiers or their families from suing the US government for injuries...
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I have never read Robert Dugoni before so didn't really know what to expect. I was drawn in and engaged from the very beginning. The plot itself is not mind-blowing or even surprising. What was surprising was the execution. The main character Sloane is believable and human, the supporting characters Jenkins and Alex are what muscle should be, tough but also central to the theme of the book. In particular when I say...
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"Wrongful Death" is a terrific legal thriller that far surpasses Dugoni's previous efforts. The timeliness of the novel, which centers on the efforts of a family trying to uncover the truth about the death of their father in Iraq, helps make this an emotional story as well as an exciting one. The taut pacing of the story is punctuated by brief and extremely tense segments revealing the action in Iraq that led to the demise...
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"Wrongful Death" is a fast-paced legal thriller with a large side helping of military-conspiracy. It wasn't my favorite legal thriller (my favorite genre of mystery) but I enjoyed it very much. The book started out a little slow & disjointed for me but I soon got into the flow of it. So keep going even if you don't love it for the first 20 pages or so. After I finished the book, I realized this is the second David Sloane...
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