Unsympathetic Victims

Ashley Montgomery, Book 1

When a defense attorney becomes the defendant, one small town is forced to reconsider their ideas of good and evil.

Successful public defender Ashley Montgomery helps acquit yet another client and people in small-town Brine, Iowa are enraged. Following the verdict, a protest breaks out, and the hated defense attorney quickly finds her life in danger.

But little does Ashley know, things are about to get worse - much worse. One of her clients turns up dead, and Ashley is arrested for his murder. As local investigators Katie Mickey and George Thomanson dive into the case, they start to suspect that Ashely is being framed...but by whom?

With Ashley’s freedom at stake, Katie and George are desperate to find out the truth. And soon, they uncover a sinister plot born of corruption, greed, and misplaced loyalty that will leave the whole town reeling and questioning their faith in the people they trusted most.

©2021 Laura Snider (P)2021 Podium Audio

It was easy to delineate the characters.

There didn’t seem to be any male speakers, a jarring substitution! Otherwise, I liked the characters.

Too many annoying adverbial phrases

Couldn't finish. Why the need for phrases such as, "Ashley bit her lip" or "Ashley furrowed her brow". I got most of the way through the book putting up with that, but then realised the story wasn't interesting in the slightest.

Not a great book

Audible suggested this and the algorithm missed the mark. Weak sober detailed story. Too predictable and far fetched