Incriminating Evidence

Mike Daley/Rosie Fernandez Legal Thriller, Book 2

By: Sheldon Siegel

Narrated by: Tim Campbell

With his first novel, Special Circumstances, Sheldon Siegel delivered legal fiction so exciting, it drew comparisons with the very top tier of courtroom thrillers. Now he has a new challenge for defense attorney Mike Daley - ex-priest, ex-husband, ex-public defender - and it's a high-profile zinger: a case he doesn't think he can win for a client he can't stand.

It starts with a phone call Mike Daley never expected, from District Attorney Prentice Marshall Gates III, San Francisco's chief law enforcement officer and front-runner candidate for California attorney general. Friends they're not, but Gates needs Daley now - badly. He's just been arrested. A couple of hours earlier he woke up in his hotel room and found the dead body of a young male prostitute in the bed. Prosecutors are already talking the death penalty, and there's nothing in the mounting evidence to convince Daley and his partner - and ex-wife - Rosie of Gates' innocence. But even if he's lying, it's their job to defend him. Sure enough, the deeper Mike and Rosie dig, the seamier their findings. From a shady Internet entrepreneur who trades flesh for cash to a prominent businessman who uses muscle to keep his enterprise prospering, Mike and Rosie chase down leads that take them from the depths of the Mission District, where drugs and bodies are always for sale, to the gated mansions of Pacific Heights, frantically trying to piece together the shocking truth of what actually happened, even as the trial itself is under way.

©2001 Sheldon M. Siegel, Inc. (P)2017 Sheldon M. Siegel, Inc.

Exact copy of his first novel!

I loved the first book in this series, but this second book is like a near-exact copy of the first book with names changed and only a slightly different plot. I like an author that sticks to his or her niche formula, but even the characters were basically duplicated and every cliche was reused. The characters are great, but yikes, each book even had a similar female celebrity personality that was six feet tall and had the same plastic surgery! Now I'm hesitant to get the third book. Did the author think I wouldn't remember the first book ?

Recommend

I had to keep listening to the first book and I finished this one even faster. Great series. I like the reality of much of the details l, particularly the characters and their interactions. Granted some of the storyline is of course not full reality. I’ll listen to another. I do like the insight into lawyer life. Thought it was interesting how the lawyer became a client so suddenly and how that behavior played out.

great series so far!

i love law and trial stories. Some have stilted scenes with unbelievable outcomes but this is one of the good ones! i love the twists and turns and I can usually guess who is guilty but I was fooled. that to me is a sign of a great book. the narration was also well done. I hope this series goes on for many years. I'm a big fan.

great story...dramatic reading....

love the book, the performance is too dramatic and odd reading style. still worth the listen but can be distracting.

Learn your objections!

Overall, the book was a solid OK. I enjoyed it, but it was just above average. One mistake that the author makes in this book and he made in the last book is that he does not know his objections. You cannot object to state of mind. You can object to hearsay. And then one of the hearsay exceptions is state of mind. But there is no state of mind objection!!

He made that mistake SO many times in this book that it was very disruptive.