Book #135 |
Book: Juror #3 | Author: James Patterson | |
| Source: Library loan Format: Large print |
Pages: 352 | Duration: 12/29/25 – 12/30/25 (2 days) | |
| Rating: ★★★★★ | Genres: fiction, mystery, legal thriller, crime | ||
| 📕10-word summary: Juror #3 plays a significant role in back-to-back murder trials. 🖌6-word review: Legal thriller unfolds at good pace. |
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| 💭A memorable quote: “Growing up poor in small Mississippi towns, I had learned at an early age to anticipate other people’s reactions. And when my gut failed me, I had my fists.” | |||
| Description:* The murder of a woman from one of the town’s oldest families has Rosedale’s upper crust howling for blood, and the prosecutor is counting on Ruby’s inexperience to help him deliver a swift conviction. Ruby’s client is a college football star who has returned home after a career-ending injury, and she is determined to build a defense that will stick. She finds help in unexpected quarters from Suzanne, a hard-charging attorney armed to the teeth, and Shorty, a diner cook who knows more than he lets on. Ruby never belonged to the country-club set, but once she nearly married into it. As news breaks of a second murder, Ruby’s ex-fiancé, Lee Greene, shows up on her doorstep — a Southern gentleman in need of a savior. As lurid, intertwining investigations unfold, no one in Rosedale can be trusted, especially the twelve men and women impaneled on the jury. They may be hiding the most incendiary secret of all.*From goodreads.com’s synopsis. | |||
| Thoughts: The is my second James Patterson book, having read his Merry Christmas, Alex Cross 13 years ago in 2012. It’s been a while since I’ve read a book centered around a trial, and I really enjoy them. I’ll have to look for more to read in 2026, perhaps starting with 1 or 2 from this list of 11 Best Legal Thrillers That Bring the Courtroom Drama, only a couple of which I’ve already read. As I have to believe that most readers of this book are, I was surprised when what seemed like the climax of the drama around juror #3 was reached in the middle of the book. It’s one of those times when you think, “Dang, there’s still half the book left. How can that be?” Read on. | |||
See the rest of the books I’ve read in 2025 and previous years: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019.
