Law and Vengeance: A
Legal Thriller. Mike Papantonio. Select Books (NY). September 2017. 256 pp. ISBN #: 9781590794364.
Gina
Romano works for a high-powered lawyer firm, Bergman Deketomis. They take only the toughest cases that
involve large corporations and invariably involve government departments. Their most famous cases involve corporations
dumping chemical waste into rivers and causing, sadly, devastating cases of
cancer for years to come. Of course,
taking on such cases involves attracting danger in different forms and also
requires the best legal minds to not only take on but also win such cases. These lawyers, including Gina, love the
danger and the daily challenges of each case.
The
case Gina and her firm are presently focused on involves the design and
production of a gun, the Sight-Clops, which has a definite problem when used in
high humidity conditions. Investigating
this “mistake” winds up with Gina’s boss, Angus, dead and Gina almost dead from
an automobile accident. The description
of the accident immediately notifies the reader that some big guns are after
Gina, Angus and their law firm, opposition that will do whatever is required to
get Gina and Angus to back off. Of
course, no surprise here as it doesn’t work; if anything, as Gina begins her
long, long recover, she is determined to use the time to intensify her search
for Angus’s killer. A whistleblower is
the source of the leak about the failed product but what are the chances for
such a snitcher to survive?
Mike
Papantonio is a lawyer and so the plot of this crime thriller is credible,
fast-moving but not unrealistically so, and demonstrates a passion for justice
that still exists for those legal minds who have not become too jaded from
experience. Law and Vengeance is a quick read because of its constant
action-packed pages and interesting characters and issues. Enjoy the read and you’ll want to Mike
Papantonio’s other novels!
