Judgment Call

The Exonerated, Volume 1

De: JC Ryan

Narrado por: Rhett Samuel Price

Andy Gibbons had been sentenced to life in prison for a crime he didn't commit. After 10 years inside, he had abandoned all hope, and resigned himself to the fact that he would remain there for the rest of his life.

But the fact that Andy has admitted defeat and thrown in the towel didn't mean his wife, Jamie, did.

Disillusioned and worn out by the justice system, the Honorable Judge Regan St. Clair was just about to pack in, too, when a letter from Jamie Gibbons arrived on her desk.

Before long Regan St. Clair and Jake Westley, a former Special Forces operator, stumble into a quagmire world of deceit and menace. A world where nothing is as it seems, and no one and nothing can be trusted.

Is Andy Gibbons really innocent? Can he be exonerated? At what price?

Judgment Call is a full-length audiobook, a crime suspense-thriller about a corrupt organization with a sinister agenda that exploits every weakness and every dark corner of the fallible justice system. This fast-paced suspense-thriller is the first audiobook in J C Ryan's Exonerated Series. Books in The Exonerated Series

• Book 1 - Judgment Call
• Book 2 - Damned if you do, Damned if you don't - June 2016
• Book 3 - The Ends Justify the Means - September 2016

©2015 JC Ryan (P)2017 JC Ryan

Intense Legal Thriller!!

The book was fast-paced and complex, well-developed characters. I was on the edge of my seat from start to finish. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes a tingling, Legal thriller.

Interesting concept, but can be refined

Is there anything you would change about this book?

This book is a basic mystery, it's not bad, but there are some problems. I found the overall conspiracy to be a bit convoluted. The story was okay and the characters could be interesting, but the dialogue and descriptions sometimes distracted me. There were a lot of cliches and there was a bit of telling one character or another a backstory or a view versus showing them. This was not all the time, but it broke up the rhythm for me.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

I thought the performance was workable, but I had issues with some of the characters. They just sounded... Odd. The voices were a little weird to me and didn't seem to fit. Especially ethnic characters and those with accents. I'm not even sure why a couple of them had accents. It wasn't terrible, but it did make it tougher for me to get immersed.

Any additional comments?

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Great book.

If you love legal thrillers plus mayhem this is the book for you. The main characters in this book are fun, snarky and all around "normal". I want to read another. I received this audio book for free at my request and voluntarily reviewed.

Exciting Legal Thriller

Any additional comments?

When Judge Regan St. Clair receives a letter from Jamie Gibbons asking for help exonerating her husband Andy, she sees the flimsy evidence that convicted him and agrees to look into his case. With the help of private investigator Jake Westley, they soon realize that someone doesn't want them to find the truth.

Judgment Call is a fast-paced legal thriller with a lot of action and excitement. Murder, abduction, bombs, car chases and plenty of near misses kept me riveted. I also enjoyed the romantic element of the story. With the conspiracy to keep the truth hidden, it was difficult to discern the good guys from the bad, especially when some of the characters were a little of both. I like when not all of the characters are so cut and dry and it added another layer of intrigue. This was a long book but the narrator did a great job of moving the story along. I really enjoyed Judgment Call: The Exonerated, Volume 1 and can't wait to see what happens next. I would recommend this.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This review is my honest opinion.

Lots of misdirection and twist & turns............

Judgment Call is the first in a legal mystery series that starts with a judge being tasked with proving that an innocent man has been in jail for 10+ years. The judge, Regan, has been suffering from some job burnout, and she is excited by the prospect of investigating the conviction of a man whose wife swears he didn't commit the murder for which he is serving a life sentence. After laying the foundation for the story, the author immediately starts the action as Regan is rescued by a former Delta Force soldier and current private detective named Jake when three thugs attack her. As Regan and Jake assemble a team of associates with varying skills, the threats and interference from some mysterious but obviously powerful source throw constant roadblocks in the investigation.

Throughout the story, the author writes chapters with the two people seemingly responsible for the original murder and all of Regan's troubles, but we never know how or why until the very last chapter. Although I had difficulty warming up to Regan - she is very entitled and unnecessarily snippy - I eventually grew to like her, and I really liked Jake and several secondary characters from the beginning. With plenty of misdirection and plot twists as well as lots of action and a touch of romance, Judgment Call is a terrific start to what promises to be an entertaining series.

The narration by Rhett Samuel Price is excellent. Unlike many male narrators, Price handles the female characters extremely well. He employs a slightly higher tone, so that the listener knows that a female is speaking but without coming off as overdone or squeaky. He has a deep, sonorous voice, so he is ideally suited for the male characters, and he speaks with several ethnic and foreign accents with great skill in this book. Judgment Call is an enjoyable story, but the narration makes it even better as an audiobook.

I received a copy of this audiobook at my request in exchange for this honest review.