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Sheldon Siegel worked at the law firm that was the target of the 101 California shooting, in which a disgruntled client used automatic weapons to kill 8 people. This event pushed Siegel to try to do some of the things he’d been postponing, such as writing a novel. Special Circumstances is the result.
This is a classic page-turner, combining a courtroom drama with aspects of the thriller genre. The text is eminently readable, demonstrating the work Siegel did to hone the “narrative voice” (as he documents on his website). Truly, it’s a pleasure to read — clear, fiesty, and quick, with memorable characters (who resurface in Siegel’s next book, Incriminating Evidence) and accurate (to my ear) court dialog. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it heartily.
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