The Legal Limit

By: Martin Clark

Narrated by: Ed Sala

Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

Martin Clark has been praised as "part John Grisham, part Hunter S.Thompson, and part sheer grit". Mason Hunt returns to his small Virginia hometown as the county's commonwealth attorney. Mason's brother Gates, who's currently serving a 20 year prison term, thinks Mason should have enough pull to set him free. And when Mason refuses, Gates hatches a plan to destroy his brother's life with a secret they both swore they'd take to the grave.

©2008 Martin Clark (P)2008 Recorded Books,LLC

Great entertainment

I loved The Substitution Order so much that I chose this book. It is good, but the Substitution is hard to match.

Exceptionally good and imaginative story

Excellent writing, excellent reader. What a great find. Writer, himself a judge, shows superior imagination in crafting the story. His other book, The Substitution Order, is also excellent. Different reader, but equally good. Strongly recommended.

New Author Find

I am thrilled to find an author that I think is a combo of Michael Connelly & John Grisham. I enjoyed this tale although one has to suffer with the struggle of a good guy getting bad breaks.

Best of the genre

Crisp, intelligent writing...a first class reading...an interesting story... but best of all, an author possessed with wisdom that he shares!!!

Very good read

This is one of the best legal thrillers I have read!! A really good plot with intriguing characters.

Great Everything!

This is the best book I have read! Truly great writing is on display! The story is intriguing and reflects legal intrigue, family dynamics, humor, and sympathy. Most importantly are the interesting and well-defined characters that reflect various complexities and great dialogue!

Simply enjoyable

The story was excellent as it relates to small southern. The narration was great. I don’t want it to end

Excellent Legal Fiction

Probably one of my favorite books I listened to all year. This isn't your typical Courtroom Drama, but a slice of life in rural America.

Pure Treasure

It's been a long time since I've discovered an author and book that's going into my sparse top ten list. I'm a reader who loves Southern place and characters and Legal Limit brings them to life with such richness and color that I wanted to jump into Patrick County and sit with Mason at the local diner. The story that author Martin weaves is made up of facets of life all of us has experienced, but told in such a way that all seems intriguing and riveting, and of great importance. One of the things I appreciated most was that the plot did not involve overly dark or violent events. Martin gives us sentences and passages that took my breath away and brought tears to my eyes. The ending of this book is so surprising, lovely, and complete - likely my most favorite ending of all time. This is a book that I'll plan to go into over and over. I hope these characters return in another book; they are unforgettable.

Excellent

You can’t be in the mood for a narrator who emotes. This narrator will employ no nuance of emotion because he is, I assume, to sound like a no-nonsense guy who tells what he claims to be a true story. His tone is appropriate for this small town, down to earth setting. The narration was good. The characterization is outstanding. Whether or not this is a “feel-good” book is debatable. The message that the spirit endures certainly becomes plain. The novel is as full of tragedy as it is full of triumph, but as a reader you are gifted with Clark’s talent as you wade through the depressing paragraphs. For me, at least, a talented storyteller can make it bearable to read about sadness. I should also say that there were funny parts of the book, and while it is a heavy read, it’s not necessarily a downer. People criticized the final pages of the book and I can see their point. I guess this speaks to how well the main character, Mason, is crafted; and how - fictional though he is - I became so attached that his opinion was the only one that mattered to me.