I found the abridged-audio version of this book thoroughly absorbing. The plot is interesting and while not entirely unpredictable, satisfying through to the end.

The action begins when a homeless man holds as hostage several members of a huge corporate law firm. Following their rescue (and the perpetrator's death), attorney Michael Drake investigates the dead man's situation, and finds him to have been a mentally ill veteran who had lost his place to live through the depredations of his very own firm. Drake quits his law firm to become the "Street Lawyer" of the book's title. The story tracks his evolution as an advocate for homeless, the effects on his marriage, and his own legal troubles he becomes sued by his old firm for theft and malpractice.

This audio book has my enthusiastic recommendation. ( )