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The Godfather of Kathmandu (Sonchai Jitpleecheep, #4)
Ape House
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Operation Napoleon
Walking Dead
The Sentimentalists
The Heretic Queen
The Midnight House
Cross Fire
Peony in Love
Absurdistan
Nefertiti
Finding Nouf: A Novel
City of Veils: A Novel
First Daughter
A Place of Hiding
Amagansett
Peter Pan


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Saturday, December 20, 2025

"False Witness", by Phillip Margolin



I have a hard time resisting books by Phillip Margolin. I know if I want an exciting thriller that jump right in, not wasting time to get to into a web of danger and conspiracy Mr. Margolin is the author to do so.

In “False Witness” we are into a complex puzzle when Defense Attorney Karen Wyatt expose corruption in the police and the District Attorney’s office while representing a client in court. In doing so she put a target on her back. She definitely got herself in a pickle.

The author keeps the tension high as Karen goes about her business of practicing law. Going through her list of suspects working hard to find the mole in the DA’s office. The plot doesn’t take a breather; many twists and turns await moving the storyline briskly and along the way I couldn’t help but to flip pages at a rapid pace to see what Karen would face next.

A lot goes on: a congressman has been kidnapped by aliens (so he says), a man murdered, a stolen car leading to an arrest and it goes on and on. Of course, all the action leads to a well-written trial. It has kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. I have to mention we have many characters to follow, it may be, a bit of a challenge.

This latest did not disappoint: well-said and well-done

My thank to St-Martin’s Press for this ARC which I received from Netgalley for my thoughts: this is the way I see it

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