An Innocent Client (Joe Dillard Series)

by Scott Pratt

Book Overview

A preacher is found brutally murdered in a Tennessee motel room.A beautiful, mysterious young girl is accused. In this Mystery Readers International finalist for "Best Debut Mystery," criminal defense... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1480030473
• ISBN13: 9781480030473
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 393 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.9" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book!

I loved this book and can't wait to read more in this series! I agree with another reviewer that switching back and forth between first and third person is a great feature in how this story is told. Beware that the author is VERY descriptive and you probably would not want young teenagers reading this! That being said, because of the storyline, setting, etc, all the descriptive wording makes sense. Especially because of the characters. I love the ending of the story and wish there could be a part 2 of this book! I would also like to comment on the actual quality of the book. It is a very well made book. I purchased a soft cover but it is incredibly sturdy, as well as the pages. Better quality than many soft cover books I have purchased. I don't know what makes this book so sturdy, but I hope others in the series are of the same quality.

A Great Debut

I really really enjoyed this book. First of all, I really liked the way the author went between first and third person. It was a great way to move the book along. I liked that you felt a kind of connection to the character when he was front and center and then the watching view when it was the other characters. Kind of like real life, you know what is going on in your head, you are only watching the rest!! I have to admit, using the old "former soldier" as the main character has been done over and over, I know it gives the author a way to have the character handle physical problems that come along, that most of us could not handle. I didn't mind that. I also saw the end coming, well most of it anyway, I didn't mind that. I loved that the character loved his wife and kids, had a family, it just seemed, normal. I liked that as an adult, he was doing normal kind of soul searching, like have I made the right decisions in my life? Anyway, I laughed and I was surprised and I just really, really , liked this book. I see the author has a new one coming out in paper in June, I'm surprised they have not picked him up for a hardback yet, but I won't be surprised if that happens on his third. Again, great debut.

Excellent Debut

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the characters were very believable and instantly likeable. I have read many books this year by established authors that don't come close to this. It deserves to be a bestseller, and I look forward to his next book. Highly recommended.

Highly recommended

I recently finished Scott Pratt's An Innocent Client and thoroughly enjoyed it. Joe Dillard is a protagonist you can believe in and root for. The surrounding cast of family, police and court personnel, criminals, and strippers are fully and accurately drawn, and Erlene, the strip club owner, steals almost every scene she's in with her heart of almost gold. Best of all this is wrapped around a satisfying plot that keeps you with it to the last page. Highly recommended

identified with him and the caseshe aluted to

Pratt was a real lawyer here in Johnson city. I love his writings and the way he reviles the justice system.looking forward to his next novel. If you want to know more about the real man check out : www.johnsoncitypress.com and search scott pratt.

Make room on the Bestseller Lists for Scott Pratt!

I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of "An Innocent Client," and I loved it, it was one of the best books I've read this year! Hard to believe it's Pratt's first, the writing is tremendously polished for a debut novel. And since I'm not generally a fan of legal thrillers, I initially had some reservations about reading it. But trust me, this book is so much more, I'd compare it to Grisham's early work. Highly recommended.