Judgment Day

Mike Daley/Rosie Fernandez, Book 6

By: Sheldon Siegel

Narrated by: Tim Campbell

New York Times best-selling author Sheldon Siegel returns with a harrowing new case for the San Francisco law firm of Daley and Fernandez.

As husband and wife, Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez couldn't make it work. But as partners in one of San Francisco's most tenacious law firms, Daley and Fernandez make one hell of a team.

Judgment Day finds the ex-spouses tackling their most difficult case yet. Called in at the last minute to try to stop the execution of Nathan Fineman, a former mob lawyer convicted of murdering three people in the back room of Chinatown's notorious Golden Dragon Restaurant, Mike and Rosie must race the clock in a desperate attempt to prove their client's innocence. With only 10 days to go and a wealth of forensic evidence pointing overwhelmingly to Fineman's guilt, their task seems impossible. Complicating matters, Mike must battle his own personal demons when the reputation of his dead father - a San Francisco cop who was one of the first officers at the scene the night of the murders - is called into question.

And as the plot hurtles toward its stunning denouement, judgment day is fast approaching not only for Nate Fineman, but for Mike's father and the law firm of Daley and Fernandez as well.

©2008 Sheldon M. Siegel, Inc. (P)2017 Sheldon M. Siegel, Inc.

Loveable couple and funny

The entire series up to this point has kept me engaged with the storylines, the characters are well developed, and the level of reality that is demonstrated in the role of Mike Daly and Rosie Fernandez is fantastic. It can connect to someone living this life in the real world so I am looking forward to the next book in the series.

Getting better

I like the series, and I think this was one of the best so far. My only quibble is that I intensely dislike Grace. She came off as unbelievingly precocious and bratty at age 5 and has moved on to plain bratty. I won’t mind when she goes away to college, perhaps in Nepal since she has no role in the story lines anyway. Love the narrator who makes me love PI Nick.

This is My Favorite So Far

Reading these in chronological order, I can say that this one is my favorite so far. Different than the typical murder trial, Mike, Rosie and Pete race to find evidence to stop a death penalty execution. The pace of the book was fast, and I couldn’t believe I finished it so quickly. I like that Rosie has more scenes than past books, and the family dynamics and character development was very enjoyable. I even loved the package in the mail at the end. (Nothing to do with the case directly). I’m glad we have a consistent narrator back so I can re-identify with the characters in the voices I became accustomed to. As always the legal arguments are great and the cross exams are a lot of fun!

I continue to love this narrator!

Tim Campbell is excellent! It just never seems like all these distinct character voices are coming from the same person.

Another superb legal thriller by Sheldon Siegel!

The Mike Daley/Rosie Fernandez series consists of 8 novels. For the first seven original release dates are between the years 2000 and 2010 with the eighth, Felony Murder Rule, being released in 2017. Only the fourth and 8th novels in the series were released in audio format when the original novels were released; indeed, most of the others were first released in audio format in 2017. Only novel 7, Perfect Alibi, has not yet been released in audio format. This novel, judgment Day, was first released in 2008 and first released in audio format ten days ago.

The novels in this series are set in San Francisco. Protagonists Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez are law partners in their own firm. At the time of this book in 2008 they had been divorced for more than 10 years and had a 14 year old daughter and 2 year old son. Even after divorce they have maintained their monogamous sexual relationship with each other because they are still in love; they just cannot live under the same roof.

Judgment Day is about a lawyer who is going to be executed in 2 weeks for murders he was convicted of decades earlier. They decided to take his case and try to stop the execution. Although California has not executed a person since 2006, at the time that this novel was written the state had executed 13 people during the prior decade.

I really enjoy this well written and suspenseful series with its colorful and unusual characters. Tim Campbell's narration adds to the enjoyment.