Although Marcia Clark has written several other books, FINAL JUDGMENT is the first one I read. I thought her books would be a waste of my time. I believed that Marcia Clark won a little fame, and she was now depending on her name recognition to sell books.

Surprise! When I read the copy of FINAL JUDGMENT that I won through writeoncindy.com, I found that it is a well written and truly engaging mystery.

This is the fourth book in a series about defense lawyer Samantha Brinkman. But it reads like a standalone. Don’t worry about reading it out of order.

Samantha’s lover Niko is a murder suspect, and she is trying to find out what really happened. Her investigation leads her to secretly believe that he might, indeed, be guilty. But what bothers her even more than his possibly being a murderer is that he has been hiding so much from her.

You may find that a little hard to stomach. But even worse is what you learn about Samantha halfway through the book. Or maybe you already knew this if you read the previous books in this series.

I’m happy to tell you that Marcia Clark really is an author.