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Misjudged

By: James Chandler
Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
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Publisher's summary

When a disabled veteran takes a new job as an attorney in a small Wyoming town, he is thrust into a mysterious murder case.

Sam Johnstone was hoping for renewal when he took a job at a boutique law firm in rustic Wyoming. The mountains and streams of the West would be a refreshing, quiet place to start over after years of war and turmoil in his personal life.

But after a local woman is brutally murdered, Sam realizes that things aren’t so quiet in this rural American town. The accused is one Tommy Olsen, a known delinquent who had been sleeping with the victim. Sam is repulsed by the crime and wants nothing to do with the case but meets with Tommy to make sure he has legal representation. Yet things are not as they seem.

What begins as a cut-and-dry case becomes infinitely more complicated as new facts are uncovered, and Sam agrees to serve as Tommy’s defense attorney. With the killer’s identity still unknown, Sam is enveloped in the small-town politics and courtroom drama of a murder investigation that keeps getting more shocking.

But if Sam can’t uncover the truth, an innocent man might be punished...while the real killer watches from the shadows.

©2021 James Chandler (P)2021 Podium Audio

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Enjoyable courtroom procedural

Story was solid, narration was excellent, all in all I enjoyed it thoroughly. Starting the sequel right now.

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Legal thriller to the end

Excellent book…always keeping the reader on the edge until the end. A definite winner.

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Great reading!

Loved this book. Detailed descriptions. Would read it again. Plan to read the other two in the series next! Highly recommend!

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Enjoyable

Good story. Good characters and dialogue. I’ll listen to the next in the series for those reasons. I’m hoping the legal procedural details become more realistic, but overall I enjoyed the listen.

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Sam Johnstome's character. Didn't allow his ego to run him.

Loved the story and the plot. Character development was very interesting and believable. Will read more from this author.

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Educational

The author was clearly educating the novice audience with a good story which engaged readers. It got tedious at times, but his purpose was honorable. Those conversations would really not happen in the manner the early chapters depicted. But he’s a good author and will likely vary his manner in the future writings.

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Legal thriller

At times the story got off track and lost it’s way - otherwise it was good to listen.

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Poor first attempt at suspense.

Not worth the time it took to get into the slim plot.Amateur writing with many mistakes.

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Nor a bad story

Not so realistic, but I've had worse books to listen to. I'll get the next book in the series and see if I'll continue with this author or not.

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Pretty Good

I did not like the performance. I had to get used to his voice. The “dramatic acting” was overdone. But I really liked Sam Johnstone and the store was good even though I figured it out pretty quickly. Despite the performance I am going to listen to the Johnstone series.

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