The Jailhouse Lawyer

By: James Patterson, Nancy Allen

Narrated by: Megan Tusing

From James Patterson, the world's #1 bestselling author: a young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown—and ends up in jail herself.

Jailhouse Lawyer: In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There’s only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets. Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time.

Power of Attorney: After a decade of estrangement from her family, defense attorney Leah Randall is suddenly summoned home by her mother. There Leah finds that her father is suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's, and it's up to Leah to clean up his files and close down the office. But not before she gets entangled in the disturbing case of a young woman accused of arson and the double murder of her guardians.

Critic reviews

“I couldn’t put down The Jailhouse Lawyer, a page-turning legal thriller that exposes a headline-making crisis in the American courts: the new debtors’ prisons, where an inability to pay court costs sentences poor people to jail, with devastating consequences.” —Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Tony Messenger, author of Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice

A happy accident

I accidentally purchased this title but I am certainly glad I did. First, what a surprise to get two titles for the price of one and both of such great quality. The stories never dragged, never felt the lull which is sometimes felt in courtroom titles. The author did a great job with making you feel the struggle and helpless feeling of the character. I recommend this title and I am happy about my accidental purchase.

Loved the storyline and the narrator

I was very hesitant to listen to a woman but it was very good and I will be more open. The story line was great

The Jailhouse Lawyer and Public Defender

Great combination, storylines, character development. and narration. Hard to put down with twists and turns throughout.

Entertaining with some exceptions

The plot had its moments of intrigue but the repetitiveness of the details was annoying at times. It had sufficient intrigue to hold my attention. The narrator’s southern accent and mimic of the men’s voices was overemphasized & overly dramatized. Not enough to deter my interest.
I recommend the book with some reservations.

Loved it!

I enjoyed the book. I couldn’t put it down. I wanted to know what was going to happen I bought the actual book and the audio version so when I couldn’t read I could listen. This is the first James Patterson book I have read and I’m eager to see what else he has written. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. It did seem very long and some what drawn out but personally I liked that in this book because when you ended the book you didn’t feel left hanging. The long drawn out part wasn’t for nothing. I was satisfied with it and was glad I didn’t waste my time reading something that left me lost or left to my imagination at the end.