Mystic Wind (A Jack Marino Legal Thriller Book 1)

Name: Mystic Wind (A Jack Marino Legal Thriller Book 1)
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Rating: 4.4 (510 reviews)
Author: James Barretto

by James Barretto

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4.4 (510)

4.4 stars from 510 reviews. Top 95% of Mystery Thriller books we track.

400 pages~6.7 hr readPublished by Oceanview PublishingPublished 2022-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You loved Grisham's The Innocent Man or Turow's Presumed Innocent and want a legal thriller with real stakes and moral complexity.
You appreciate protagonists who must choose between comfortable lies and uncomfortable truths, even when the cost is everything.
You're drawn to stories about men rebuilding their sense of self through meaningful work, not just accumulating wealth and status.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer cosy legal dramas where the clever lawyer always outwits the system through courtroom brilliance alone.
You want a quick, light read. This 400-pager demands attention to legal detail and a criminal network's interlocking pieces.
You're looking for a standalone. This is book one of a series, so you'll need to commit to Jack Marino's larger arc.

About this book

Jack Marino, a Boston prosecutor who rose from the Mystic housing projects, is savagely beaten in retaliation for his work leading the District Attorney's Urban Gang Unit. His powerful boss, running for governor, fires him, fearing the attack has damaged Jack's confidence. Jack accepts a position at his father-in-law's prestigious law firm, where he practices corporate law and earns substantial income. Despite his wealth and marriage to an heiress, Jack lacks self-respect. When offered the chance to return to criminal law as defense counsel in a capital murder case, he feels alive again. To prevent his client from facing execution, Jack must confront a highly organized and powerful criminal network. The case forces Jack back to the projects he believed he had left behind. He risks his career, reputation, and life fighting corrupt forces determined to convict his client—forces that may have already granted immunity to the actual killer. Mystic Wind won the National Indie Excellence Award for Legal Thriller and the American Fiction Award for Legal Thriller in 2022.

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Currently 4.4★ from 510 reviews

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