Amiel takes what he knows and writes a crime classic. A seasoned attorney and gifted author, he crafts a who-done-it steeped in courtroom credibility. His characters round out the upper-crust of newspaper publishing. The prosecutor’s legal hi-jinks betray questionable motives. The plot seizes your imagination and you ride the mind of the best defense attorney in Philadelphia until the last page. Now that’s a thrilling read.

We become defense attorney Dan Lazar. We run scenarios to make the evidence fit. Then Amiel twists the motivations once again. His writing shines until the story sweeps us up. Every building block of the perfect alibi gets crushed by a more plausible scenario. We sit like jurors reshaping the truth until we suspect them all.

The slippery slope of truth is a difficult dance. In Amiel’s hands, we are putty. He spins evidence, motives and opportunity into a lethal injection. This is the kind of novel that shows how flat-screen most crime dramas are. As a reader, I praise a story that held me to the last page

I won A Question of Proof by Joseph Amiel from goodreads arc. It is an excellent legal drama. The characters are interesting and the plot development kept me glued to the pages. The book is well researched and there are some excellent tips on courtroom tactics.

It is not all that past faced but it is a good solid read. Plenty of greed, sex, old money and family secrets. A classic who dunnut murder mystery and you can´t beat those.
It took a while to get into, there are loads of characters that I found confusing at first. I really needed to concentrate at the beginning of the book, so make sure you can get some time out or you will need to re-read pages. And as the chapters are rather long you might find it difficult to get into. But get over that little hiccup and you have a good solid read. Not as much court room drama as I thought and a rather interesting love story in it also that the author spent plenty of time on elaborating.

This book was originally published in 1993, but has since been republished, it hasn´t outdated. I am not sure if the cover is the original or new for this edition, but it seems a little antiquated and could be better.

This is a good court room drama but it takes a long time getting there covering the background of the main characters and the lead up to the trial takes up the majority of the book and if you are looking for a longer court room drama this might not be the books for you. Although having said this the ending is spectacular, I never saw it coming and I loved it.

Dan was a good character, with a past that seems to be more and more common, an ex-wife and son living the other side of the country. He was my favourite character of the lot. And by far my favourite part was the trial. Highly recommended for those lovers of courtroom dramas, with a little extra twist in the tale.
3 ½ stars out of five.


At the page 314 of the epub edition (not sure if this is the correct location though) there is a mistake. Close to the end of the page it says:
His first guess was correct: to entertain Jamie, Susan and Ron were staying at Circus Circus.
It should say Hannah and Ron.

good

I won this on Goodreads. It was an interesting mystery - however I felt it was a bit too much of a soap opera for my taste. That being said, there were still elements I liked, such as the twists and turns.

I like the protagonist and I liked the story. It was a really good read!

Dan Lazar is a lawyer with a reputation of defending Philadelphia’s more questionable criminal element, and it is during his high profile defense of a low-level pimp against charges of being a notorious serial rapist-murderer that he is introduced to Peter Boelter, the owner and publisher of the major newspaper, the Philadelphia Herald, and his beautiful socialist wife, Susan. After successfully defending his client by breaking down a key witness, Dan suddenly finds himself the target of a baseless accusation of witness tampering and bribery that threatens his career. Meanwhile, when Susan defies Peter on a stock vote regarding the paper, she is suddenly faced with a devastating divorce suit designed to strip her of any money, child custody or dignity. Susan reaches out to Dan for help and the two become lovers. But after Peter is found dead and evidence begins to point to Susan, Dan faces a conflict of interest in defending a woman he is having an affair with. For the most part, the story is well-written, deeply complex and keeps the reader’s interest in the mystery. There are some unlikely coincidences that are designed to extend the suspense, and at times, the scales of justice are pushed a little too off-balance to create more pressure than necessary, but the main characters’ conflict over truth, justice and desire are well-explored.

Two and a half stars really but I rounded it up because parts of it are quintessentially English and amusing.

nice book. got really hooked. book in Italian.

I enjoyed this reboot (I actually read the Kindle version). Mr. Amiel comes across as an excellent cross of John Grisham and Nelson DeMille, which is excellent as they are two favorites of mine.

Nicely updated with all of the classic things that go into an Amiel book, intrigue, plot twists, courtroom drama, and humor. As always, Mr. Amiel plugs a Jersey Shore restaurant that I've been a fan of for years. You'll have to read the book to find out the new fave!

Only weird thing about the book is that in the ebook edition at least, the word earbuds is italicized, and I'm not quite sure why.