C. E. Tobisman

It has been a really long time since I was able to finish a book in a single sitting. I stumbled upon this book as an editor's recommendation on Amazon and since I liked the blurb, I decided to try it out.

Caroline is fresh out of law school and has been recruited to work with Louis Stern who also happened to be her professor at UCLA. While being a very smart student in her law class, she has the rare distinction of also being a software engineer. She has also shown the unique ability to hack into institutional data in the past which had landed her dad into trouble.

I wasn't disappointed in the least with my decision to try out this book. The story grips you from page 1 and there is a constant underlying tension throughout the book. At times I was also reminded of a Hollywood movie (Michael Clayton) which is based on a similar premise. The parts of the story dealing with her past are also well edited to include only the most important elements.

My only reservation with this book was the "Hollywood" feel to it. ****spoiler alert**** Being a rookie lawyer, Caroline hardly showed any characteristics of one. Given that she had moments of self doubt and panic attacks, she was still virtually untouchable. Also, I felt that the ending climax was a bit forced considering that the reason cited by Caroline for hiring her was that Louis deliberately hired her and set her up on this case for certain failure. I wonder why Louis didn't hire any other mediocre student if he actually wanted that? ****spoiler alert ends****

Overall, I would still recommend this book as a good legal thriller with a touch of unpredictability.… (mere)