The Neon Lawyer

De: Victor Methos

Narrado por: Nick Podehl

With money and hope in short supply, newly minted attorney Brigham Theodore decides it’s time to lower his standards. He joins a seedy fly-by-night firm in Salt Lake City out of desperation. After he loses his first case - a speeding ticket - he’s convinced his career is over. But to his shock, his boss hands him a slightly more complex case: capital murder.

Brigham’s new client is Amanda Pierce, a lost, exhausted woman who gunned down the man who tortured and killed her six-year-old daughter. A jury may prove sympathetic to her unbearable pain, but the law is no fan of vigilante justice - and neither is Vince Dale, the slick and powerful prosecutor who’s never lost a murder case. There’s no question that Amanda pulled the trigger - she did it in front of five witnesses. If she pleads guilty, she will avoid a death sentence, but saving her life this way comes with an admission that what she did was wrong. However, if she refuses the “guilty” label, Brigham will have no choice but to fight for his career - and Amanda’s life.

©2014 Victor Methos (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Four Stars Until Closing Argument

I can overlook the improbability that a new lawyer gets a capital murder case. It was a little more unbelievable yet that none of the lawyers were very worried/hopeful that the jury would be sympathetic to a mother who has lost her child to a heinous criminal when she also happens to be a crippled war veteran. I still thought it was a good, though one dimensional, story.
The closing argument for the defense was so pointless and irrelevant. It was an attack on the system that favored the rich and fought an unjust war in Iraq. Where did that come from?! There was no tie-in to anything that had come before in the story. Almost as if the author suddenly decided to take a shot at Republicans he had always wanted to.

Holds your attention

Very good book. Did not want to put down.
Narrator was excellent, one of the best I have listened to.
Author was able to maintain my interest throughout the book.
Looking forward to reading his other books

average law story

the story itself has no surprises but the main character is quite likeable. I probably won't listen to any sequels because my wish list is already full of better authors. there is nothing wrong with this book however.

The Neon Lawyer

I really enjoyed this book. First book I’ve read by this author. It kept my interest. Chapter 30 was powerful. I was crying by the end.

Enjoyable Read

This book is not factually accurate but is still an enjoyable read. The story kept me guessing so much that I didn't want to quit listening. I am anxious to try another one o9f Victor Methos' books. Hope it hold my attention the way The Neon Lawyer did.