Snap Judgment

Samantha Brinkman, Book 3

By: Marcia Clark

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's Summary

In the third installment of Marcia Clark's bestselling series, attorney Samantha Brinkman's investigation into a family's deadly secrets is compromised by a threat from her past.

When the daughter of prominent civil litigator Graham Hutchins is found with her throat slashed, the woman's spurned ex-boyfriend seems the likely suspect. But only days later, the young man dies in what appears to be a suicide. Or was it? Now authorities are faced with a possible new crime. And their person of interest is Hutchins. After all, avenging the death of his daughter is the perfect reason to kill. If he's as innocent as he claims, only one lawyer has what it takes to prove it: his friend and colleague Samantha Brinkman.

It's Sam's obligation to trust her new client. Yet the deeper she digs on his behalf, the more entangled she becomes in a thicket of family secrets, past betrayals, and multiple motives for murder. To win her case, she's prepared to bend any law and cross any boundary that stands in her way. Sam has always played by her own rules, and it's always worked...so far. But this case cuts so deep and so personal that one false move could cost her everything.

©2017 Marcia Clark (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

Excellent addition to the Samantha Brinkman series...

I have thoroughly enjoyed all four of the Samantha Brinkman books. This is a very well developed character with multiple flaws, she is not the superwoman type attorney making this a very believable story. Based on who the author is it makes you wonder if there is some truth in the fiction.
In this book Brinkman finds herself representing a father whose daughter has been murdered. Her boyfriend is the prime suspect and then he dies - murder or suicide? Now the father is the suspect... The boyfriend was quite unsavory, the daughter has lots of secrets. She had been an overachiever who grew up in a very controlling environment, now free and in college...
There are a few cases going on simultaneously and all are very interestingly intertwined.
Angela Dawe does an excellent job narrating.
This is a very good book and is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Excellent legal thriller!

My only issues with Snap Judgement are that the plot develops too slowly and that Angela Dawe narrates the audio book. Taking the narration issue first, I find Angela Dawe's voice irritating, but she did an good job of narrating. The plot line is outstanding, but the middle of the novel develops too slowly; the novel is unnecessarily wordy. Marcia Clark continues to develop as a writer. The Samantha Brinkman series is about serious social and legal issues whereas Clark's earlier Rachel Knight series was light and fun. There is nothing light or fun about Snap Judgement: when high school and college age girls send nude selfies to their boyfriends they are taking a risk that can ruin their lives. In summary, this is a complex, serious, and worthwhile novel. Despite my concern with excessive wordiness and a slow developing plot it deserves and earns 5 stars.

Good Read/Great Dialogue

I enjoy this series. Sam is a thinker. I would like it better if the language was cleaned up.

Another EXCELLENT book from Marcia Clark!

Marcia Clark doesn't disappoint with this 3rd installment of the Samantha Brinkman series. Her writing and story telling ranks right up there with the best in the Mystery/Thriller/Legal Drama genres. Great character and plot development. Sam Brinkman, while extremely likable, is a gritty, no-nonsense defense attorney with a passion for seeking the truth and defending her clients no matter how difficult (and sometimes dangerous) the task becomes. I highly recommend this book and this series. Also, check out Marcia Clark's "Rachel Knight" series. Both are excellent!

Another great story by Marcia Clark

I absolutely love the incredibly talented narrator Angela Dawe! She makes the story even better! Just love her performance!

Sam Brinkman Series - great !

Marcia Clark - great storytelling by a real prosecutor! Besides, Angela Dawe is one of my favorite narrators.

Not so great

Some parts of the book and character development are getting a bit repetitive. The third book had great ideas but plot was poorly executed.

Twists and turns…loved it

I enjoyed this series so far. Other than hearing Samantha say “he/she glared, he set his jaw and talking about her friends scunci over and over in every book….just my pet peeve,😁 it’s definitely worth the listen. I had no idea Marcia Clark had been writing books. I like this narrator better than the one in the first book of this series.

Keeps you guessing

If you’re considering this book but haven’t read/listened to the previous books in the series….it won’t matter. Each book stands alone and she does an excellent job of including any backstory you may need to understand the current story.

I truly enjoy her crime mysteries. The only thing that bugs me is that I want to like the main character, but there’s a part of me that doesn’t. I get that the main character is flawed, which is real and relatable. But I don’t like the fact that she’s willing to do something illegal (she’s supposed to be on the side of the law) and doesn’t blink an eye getting someone killed because she deems their creepy and thinks they deserve it. Those parts of the story make me cringe and ruin it a little bit for me.

Great Series. Great Characters.

This is my fourth audio book in the series by Marcia Clark. I have to say I enjoy these as much as James Patterson and John Grisham books, whose work I have been a fan of four years.