Randy Singer

Dear Readers,

 

There is nothing like reading a good lawyer mystery.  It engages the brain, it shows you a little behind the scenes of what being a lawyer is all about and it might even make you a little glad that our system does work, even if only in fiction.   Dead Lawyers tell No Tales is Randy Singer’s latest release.  Randy himself is a veteran trial lawyer and he uses his knowledge to make sure he gets the details right about the court cases. 

 

Landon has just finished his court sentence for point-shaving in a couple of games during his college career, he found Christ while in prison and is now determined to live a life reflective of that.  He finishes law school and with a little help from Harry McNaughten gets a job as a trial lawyer and gets to work.  Harry takes on a high profile case and that seems to be what gets him killed.  When two other lawyers end up dead, Landon knows there is more going on than first meets the eye.  Is Landon’s client actually the killer or is someone trying to frame him?

 

Like I said, there is nothing like a good lawyer novel.  I have read some pretty bad ones, but thankfully this was not one of them.  I liked putting all the threads together and trying to figure out what was going on.  Randy is very good at throwing out a couple of false leads and smoke screens to get you looking in the wrong direction, but that is what makes the book much more interesting.  So those last few hot fall evenings, this is the perfect book to enjoy while outside.

 

Happy Reading

Randy Singer

Dear Readers,

If you are looking for a good lawyer mystery, I recommend Randy Singer.  He has several really good books out on the market.  But I wanted to mention to you today one that is back on the market and is causing a bit of confusion. 

The Judge by Randy released in my bookstore just over a week ago and has gotten me in hot water almost from the start.  I didn’t list it on my new releases as it isn’t a new release, but a re-release, with a new title and cover, of a book Randy did about 6 years ago.  That book was titled The Cross Examination of Oliver Finney.  It had a companion non-fiction book titled The Cross Examination of Jesus of Christ.  They were an interesting combo of books.  I would recommend at the time to read both of them, the problem now is the non-fiction one is still out of print. 

But The Judge, as it is now known, is worth the read.  I wish I had a copy of my original review, but I can’t seem to find it.  I guess somewhere in the move from Holland to this store I must have thought I wouldn’t need it any more.  Sorry, but I will try to give you a feel for the book

Judge Oliver Finney is “invited” to defend his faith on a strange reality show.  A billionaire has decided he wants to put the world's biggest faiths on trial.  When things take an ugly twist, the Judge knows he needs to get word out that he needs help.

This was not only an interesting book for the mystery of it, but also for the information on the different faiths and how they compare to each other.   Because of how one of the main characters was written, Randy asked lots of the questions that people seemed to ask when they are wrestling with their faith.  Of course one of the main ones being how do you know which one is right or not?

If you didn’t read it the first time around, now is a great time to do that.  If you did read it, you can recommend it to others again, now that it is back in print.

Happy Reading

Randy Singer

Dear Readers,
What if they put up a mosque in your sleepy little town? What if there was an honor killing in your sleepy little town? What if the evidence was pointing towards one man being the guilty party because he ordered the killing? What would you do? What if you were the lawyer that was asked to defend him? Would you do it? What if there was a hint that his mosque had connections to Hezbollah? Does he deserve a fair trial?
These are some of the questions that Randy Singer makes you think about in his newest lawyer novel, Fatal Convictions. His main character Alexander Madison finds himself in the middle of a trial that he wasn't really prepared to take on. Alex is a personal injury lawyer, not a criminal lawyer. However, when his client, Kahlid, is accused of calling for the killing of the wife of a member of his congregation, he needs a lawyer and he already trusts Alex. She had turned her back on her Muslim faith and become a Christian. Alex isn't sure he wants the negative publicity his firm will receive.
I like reading Randy's books because they are never easy-answer books. There is a lot of gray area in our world and lives and Randy uses those gray areas to write novels. He asked questions that some of us don't want to answer. The book before this one, Justice Game, made us look at gun control and who is responsible for the selling and even the use of guns. There are no easy answers to that question as there are no easy answers to these questions asked in this book.

Honor killings are a hot topic and one that most people will tell you that they are against. But some Muslims believe that they are okay if the honor of the family is at stake. That to me is a 'wow' thought as I can't imagine killing any one in my family because they disgraced us. I guess if I thought that way I would have to be the first one in line as I have done some embarrassing things myself. The questions we all should ask ourselves is whether we are willing to allow justice to work, and if we will wait for the courts to decide, and if we will hold the lawyers accountable for trying to do their jobs.

Happy Reading

Randy Singer

Dear Readers,

Last Year Randy Singer started a very different book, one that the readers were going to decide the ending for him. He had a video where you got to listen to both sides of the case. You got to render your verdict and he would use the winning verdict in his book.

The result of this unique idea is The Justice Game. A story that is close to his heart. His wife taught and his children attended Atlantic Shores Christian School. They were all in attendance on the day that Nicholas Elliot walked in the building and opened fire, killing one teacher before moving on to a Bible class. His gun jammed and he was stopped, but who knows how much horror he would have unleashed if his gun hadn't failed. Nicholas' gun was purchased at a local gun store through something called a straw purchase, which thanks to this book, I know more about than ever before.

Rachel Crawford is ready to do her newest news story, Human trafficking. She can't wait to break the story. It is the biggest of her career. As the news starts Larry Jamison, the man behind the news story, storms the studio with the intent of clearing his name. He kills Rachel live on air before he is killed by the S.W.A.T. team.

Two months later Rachel's husband decides to sue MD firearms, the gun manufacturer. He is claiming that they knew all along that the gun store, Peninsula Arms, was selling guns through illegal straw purchases. (I am not going to go into detail on this, but you can read the book to find out.:-) They must be held responsible for their actions and should be taught a lesson.

This was an interesting read and I knew that this book might not "agree" with me. It makes a great argument for both sides of the issue. Neither side sounds like total radicals and yet both sides have those. I won't tell you what the verdict of the book is, but I did vote for the defendant. I believe these companies must be fined and the stores closed or at least stopped, but I also believe that suing the manufacturer of anything because a human decides to use their item illegally is just plain silly. We as a country have made a practice of always blaming someone when things happen. Not everything is someone's fault, people make horrible and terrible choices everyday.

I can easily say that if you like Randy's other books you will like this one. I also think that fans of Robert Whitlow will enjoy these as you wait for his next one to come out. I found it an easy read and I also found it fun to argue with the lawyers and all the stuff that was going on in the book. It was a good, interesting, and fun read.