Third in the Jaywalker Cases
Review by Kim Cantrell
Harrison J. (Jaywalker) Walker is within just a few months of completing the suspension of his law license when he is ”approached” about representing a man charged with DUI in Rockland County, New York.
And in true Jaywalker fashion – never a stickler for the rules but always a manipulator of same – he agrees to take the case.
Yet this isn’t a simple DUI case. His client is known as the “Audi Assassin” after, allegedly in a drunken state, he causes a car accident that claims the lives of eight children.
If the case isn’t difficult enough, then Jaywalkers role in his defense is.
Having fallen in love with Jospeh Teller’s writing after reading The Tenth Case (October 2008), I was a tad bit disappointed in this book.
While the plot in Depraved Indifference is an interesting one indeed, I found the character Jaywalker to be too predictable this time. While I am a fan of a character development that invites intimacy for readers, too much familiarity can also breed contempt.
Lastly, the preachiness on the DUI issue was a major distraction to the story line.
Hopefully Teller will listen to his readers and change things up a bit in his next book. Otherwise, I’ll just be skipping it all together.
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