Fatal Verdict

Dean Lincoln Legal Thriller, Book 2

De: Peter O'Mahoney

Narrado por: Troy Duran

Small-town secrets. Dangerous liaisons. Hidden lives. Lawyer Dean Lincoln must risk everything to find the truth.

There’s a hurricane brewing over Beaufort, South Carolina.

And in the calm before the storm, big-city lawyer Dean Lincoln finds himself defending Haley Finch, a beautiful young woman accused of murdering her older boyfriend. Her supposed motive? He’d just won big on the lottery—and then changed his will in her favor. In the South, with Haley’s estranged husband suspiciously missing for the past two years and their marital funds dwindling fast, that’s motive enough.

But Lincoln knows nothing is ever quite as it seems down here, and once again finds himself scratching beneath the cracked veneer of the famous Southern charm. In Beaufort, money and influence all too often outweigh justice, so if Lincoln is going to dig right down to the truth, he’ll have to risk everything he loves…

©2025 by Peter O'Mahoney. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Love it!!

Wonderfully written. Excellently read. Fun to listen to!! Worth listening to again and again. Great story

Nice Twist!

I enjoy the community and the lifestyle that we all get to vist. I very much enjoy the twists some are pondered before they happened, but some were just discounted because that just couldn't be.

Loved it! Wish it was longer.

Loved this installment by this author and the narrator definitely worth the time. On to the next Dean Lincoln book.

Legal lovely

I am warming to Peter O’Mahoney’s novels! They are nicely written legal novels with lawyers I like and cases solved! The books are a fast moving read. Quite enjoyable!

The narrator’s voice matched the character well.

I enjoyed it, but didn’t think it was amazing. It was a bit slow, but still interesting and exciting enough to want to listen to the whole book. I think the story being slow also plays into how the story talks about life in their town is a slower pace, so it works.

Narrator: I give 5 stars. In general I just liked this narrator’s voice and the southern accent (not sure if it’s natural or not for this narrator). I thought he did a great job with Dean’s voice and I think it matched well with the character. I wasn’t a big fan of the narrator’s female voices, but I’m just not a fan of men speaking women’s parts in general.

Enjoyable

Mostly good, interesting, well written, and well delivered. The story was good enough but too many characters to keep straight. There were three or four “bad guys”/alternative suspects with very similar personalities and they ran together in my head, which took away from the experience. The relationship with his wife was nicely handled but a little more involved than I’m looking for in a legal thriller. And actually “thriller” is a strong word here - not a ton of suspense or intensity. But a huge thumbs up to the author for his incredible descriptions of place and environment - rich and evocative.

Fatal Verdict

OMG, this book 2 complete I blows boom 1 out of the water! Trust me, you have just Got to get this one and hang on to your chair! It's amazing! You don't want to miss this one!!! 10 stars!

O’Mahoney Never Disappoints

The series are well written and the continuation allows the reader to continue enjoying the core characters while adding new elements with each new book.

Great legal thriller

For those that like John Grisham, this will be next on your go-to list. Fast paced legal thriller and great character development pulled together with perfect narration by Troy Duran. I binged both books in the series and looking forward to book three in 2026.

Not Impressed

Granted, my expectations for an exciting story were high. This book was disappointing and boring.