tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29771877.post1942699014821343776..comments2023-08-23T10:17:46.732-04:00Comments on The Law, Books, and Life: What do you like?Cara Putmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08316731047954376226noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29771877.post-64506925545688151832007-10-07T19:59:00.000-04:002007-10-07T19:59:00.000-04:00My favorite legal suspense fiction usually has a t...My favorite legal suspense fiction usually has a trial or some sort of race against the clock--and lawyers and judges and justice. In The Pelican Brief(Grisham,) there is this ever-tightening noose. I really like military law, too.But always, always I like to see this good vs. evil--justice for all. My favorite novel of all time is To Kill a Mockingbird and that is not legal suspense, but in someCrystal Lainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09284296811544392777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29771877.post-82336109575530721202007-10-06T15:32:00.000-04:002007-10-06T15:32:00.000-04:00What I like to see in a legal thriller is that the...What I like to see in a legal thriller is that the law is used in the plot. Or a legal firm, like in The Firm. That's just me. That's why I loved A Time To Kill....the characters drove the story, but the law played a vital part in the plot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507129192655971640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29771877.post-48983421469891201162007-10-05T08:36:00.000-04:002007-10-05T08:36:00.000-04:00For what my opinion is worth, I think that if a bo...For what my opinion is worth, I think that if a book is a legal suspense then it should focus on the law. Having a character who is an attorney is not sufficient, the problem or solution must have legal issues. A trial is not required. A legal issue could just as easily be something to do with building codes down at city hall, and rather than an attorney, the main character might be an Timothy Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554064732811895577noreply@blogger.com