The Wrong Man

Jason Kolarich, Book 3

By: David Ellis

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

The 24-hour news cycle is abuzz when the police arrest homeless Iraq war veteran Mike Stoller for the murder of a young paralegal on her way home from night-school class. Stoller doesn't deny killing the woman, but his post-traumatic stress disorder is so bad that he has no real memory of that night.

Jason Kolarich agrees to take the case only weeks before trial, and realizes that, unlikely as it seems, his client is probably innocent. The murdered paralegal had been tracing a money trail leading to a conspiracy of terrorists who come from the last place you'd expect: corporate America. Her murder was no random crime, and the wrong man was charged - leaving Jason Kolarich racing to save Stoller while simultaneously preventing a terrorist's bomb from detonating in his city.

©2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.; 2012 David Ellis

Best one ever! Love this author!! Buy this book!!

This was the 2nd David Ellis book I purchased never having read the author before. David Ellis writes similar to John Grisham with a Jonathan Kellerman or James Patterson thriller/mystery edge. Jason Kolarich digs deep to solve his cases. Love the sarcasm and attitude of main character - Jason. Was extremely pleased with this book. Highly recommend this author. I don't think you need to read the books in order, but you may want to since this is the best one. Great performance by Luke Daniels - compared to others - he really becomes Jason in this book - really developed the character. I'm reading "Hidden Man" right now and it is just as good except the narrator hasn't quite come into character - but still a good mystery/thriller/lawyer jargon book. You won't be sorry if you become a David Ellis fan!

Calm, crescendo, tsunami, calm

Read the publisher's summary, I try not to write spoilers.

From a calm beginning to a frantic rush to sort out seemingly unrelated threads, this book kept me entertained from beginning to end. The background for the mysteries is well done; I didn't ever get bored. The characters range from tragic veteran to home grown terrorists to mob hit persons. All is wrapped up in a satisfactory manner. My one disappointment was the somewhat obvious ending. I am not sure it should have been done differently, but it seemed like an afterthought to a well paced book.

Luke Daniels gives one of his great performances.

I will try another book in the Kolarich series.

Good But Not Great

Good book and worth a read to all crime fiction readers that are in to legal thrillers. Maybe Americans relish plots where their government is facing imminent terrorism, but that story line is so tired. Jason is a typical complex character, and sees the world as such, so why make him a crusader for the government? Leave him to pursue justice in what ever means suitable and appropriate to his character, but just not the dull nationalist and patriotic way. That just limits him and is not indicative of the present day critical thinking person who views governments with a dose of healthy skepticism. Jason loses that perspective in the latter chapters and a reader, who thinks critically, thus becomes detached from Jason's character.

Great book, great narrator

This audio book was good from the first 5 minutes to the last with a very good plot twist at the end.

Good Mystery Writing

If you could sum up The Wrong Man in three words, what would they be?

Good Mystery Writing.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

I liked the way the story developed as various layers of the story were revealed.

What does Luke Daniels bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I liked the narrator but had a bit of trouble hearing the characters that talked in a whisper.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes