The Last Trial
By Scott Turrow
4 stars
Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All of the opinions are my own and this did not affect my review in any way.
I have always said that if I didn’t end up studying to become a Doctor I would have become a lawyer. So when I had the chance to read and review this legal thriller I jumped at the idea right away, I wanted to learn more about what it means to be an attorney. Overall I was impressed by this book and how the author managed to keep me engaged throughout this almost 500 page legal book.
In the Last Trial we follow eighty-five years old, Alejandro "Sandy" Stern, a brilliant defense lawyer with his health failing but spirit intact, on the brink of retirement. But when his old friend Dr. Kiril Pafko, a former Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, is faced with charges of insider trading, fraud, and murder, his entire life's work is put in jeopardy, and Stern decides to take on one last trial.
What I liked most about this book was the way the author writes the courtroom atmosphere, while reading this book I could picture myself standing in a courtroom next to the characters trying to prove Dr. Pafko´s innocence. The book is long, but each word serves a purpose, each word helps the reader understand what is happening and it allows the reader to not only enjoy the reading experience but to also learn what life in a courtroom feels like.
The characters are great, I like how some of the characters are greatly enjoyable and other characters are very unlikeable. Stern and his granddaughter Pinky are by far my favorites and it was interesting to see how the author managed to make the accused Dr. Pafko an unlikeable character and in the end I just wanted for Stern to win his last case but I didn’t care what happened to the accused.
Overall this was a solid legal thriller that was a great introduction to the topic for me. I enjoyed the drama, the investigating aspect of it and I was charmed by how the author writes. I truly recommend this book if you are looking for a book that feels both real and has a touch of fiction intertwined.
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