Genre Mash Up: Thriller/Realistic/Drama
Rating: 3 3/4 stars
Welcome to Theo Boone. Son of 2 lawyers with aspirations to become a criminal lawyer or judge some day, Theo knows the ins and outs of every courtroom in Strattenburg. And right now, he is thrilled because the most exciting trial to come to town in many a year is starting--a real murder trial, presided over by his favorite judge. All of the evidence pointing to the husband as the killer of his wife is circumstantial and it looks like he won't be convicted...that is until a friend of Theo's comes to him with some crucial information about a possible witness. A witness who is afraid to come forward and makes Theo promise not to tell anything about him. But the murderer will get off scot free if Theo does nothing...so what can a kid who just wants to be a lawyer do? Readers will be very interested in this storyline, although the ending leaves us a little bit hanging, hopefully for a sequel. A fairly promising if uneventful beginning.
The story was well developed and the mystery progressed well, making you wonder what was going to and what did happen to his friend. Wondering if she was okay and if they would find her in time. Wished it had developed some side characters more, especially one boy because of how much this he was in the story, and had toned back on the lying. This book will interest more readers than just those who want to be lawyers with the exciting storyline it promises.
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