Old favorites to a brand new author…more book reviews

The Third Victim by Philip Margolin

• an Oregon based story of two murdered prostitutes and one that escapes which leads to a complex web of potential suspects
• Margolin weaves a combination of a youthful lawyer, an aging early onset dementia lawyer, and numerous potential guilty parties
• I enjoyed this easy read that has strong character development and moves at a fast pace
• Margolin has always been one of my favorite fiction novelists so it was nice to dive into one of his after not having done so for a while

 

The Rooster Bar by John Grisham

• a story about four college law students who are trapped in a for-profit law school scam with no easy way out
• this was a completely new topic for me which I thoroughly enjoyed as it was a classic David vs. Goliath theme with a few other interesting sub plots
• as usual Grisham provides very solid character development and moves the story along at a brisk clip with many twists and turns

 

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

• a true story of a young Jewish Slovak man during WW2 who was forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau where he is given the job of tattooist
• the book provides a good view into the brutal atrocities of this horrific period of world history offset by sheer human will and determination
• I enjoy true stories and if you ever need an example of continuing to push forward, against all the odds, then this is a must read
• I enjoyed the follow-up sections at the end of the book that provided some good color on what happened to the main characters after the end of WW2