Confidential Communications
Monday, March 29th, 2010 at
6:09 pm
Product Description
Rebecca Lawson, a young general-practice attorney in Vermont, expected to expand her practice when she was hired by Allan Richards to investigate a suspicious employee. Instead, she finds herself amidst national and international conspiracies, manipulations, and murder. With the help of an old colleague, Joshua Tameron, she learns that the financial security and innocent citizens of the United States are in imminent danger, and it is up to them to expose the truth. … More >>
Tagged with: Communications • Confidential
Filed under: Conspiracy
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This Kindle edition’s format was such an absolute mess, it was a nightmare to try to read.
Rating: 1 / 5
This may be the worst book I wver read. The legal plot lines were sophomoric and the premise simplistically weak.
Rating: 1 / 5
“Confidential Communications” is J. R. Reardon’s first book, but you can hardly tell after the first chapter.
This book will grab your attention if you are at all interested in law, mystery, betrayal, and action. Just when you thought you had the story figured out, another twist was added to make you rethink all the character roles. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.The characters are greatly played out and the hint of comedy and sarcasm was just right.
While this story was meant to be fiction, it reads just like the real life Ponzi-scheme activities that have been peppered all over the news lately. And even if you don’t follow politics or business, you will relate to this book as it is presented by Becky Lawson, a small town lawyer just trying to do the right thing.
That being said, I have two minor complaints. The first being that I wish there was more definition in the chapter where a characters memory changes to the present time. At times it was a little jarring to go from past to present with nothing more than a new paragraph. My other small complaint is I with there was more space between the sentences. At times it was hard to read as if felt the sentences were bleeding into each other.
This is a good quick read and should be on everyone’s must read list.
Rating: 4 / 5
Rebecca Lawson is a new lawyer who moved to a small Vermont town to start her practice. The story begins when she meets Charlie and starts to date him. I loved how she fibbed about another guy checking her out in order to figure out how serious Charlie was about her. This was funny, and there are many times when Rebecca thinks something that made me laugh, which was good because I love humor and I found it helped to ease some of the tension. This book is filled with some tense moments, so a balance to lighten the mood was a plus for me.
Anyway, one day Charlie gets up and leaves without telling anyone why. The reason becomes clear later, but I don’t want to spoil the surprise because it’s a good one. But while Charlie is gone, Rebecca gets a request from Allan Richards to work for him. Allan is concerned that one of his employees is involved in something illegal, and she accepts his case.
As she delves into the case, she starts to get harassing phone calls and realizes that someone is sneaking around her property and following her. The question is who wants her to stop working for Allan and why. What I also liked about this book, besides the wonderful blend of humor, was that I couldn’t guess exactly who could be trusted and who couldn’t. I thought I had a handle on it, but then something would happen and I was back to guessing again. I also enjoyed learning about how lawyers do things. I’ve never read a legal thriller before, so I was able to put myself in a lawyer’s shoes and get an idea of how the legal process works. Here I went into the story to be entertained and also learned something new in the process. It was a fun read, and I recommend it to others.
Rating: 5 / 5
J.R. Reardon has written a legal thriller that is a cut above the norm. She has mixed great characterization with a plot that seems plucked out of the news.
Rebecca Lawson is a young attorney setting up practice in Vermont. She is not one to just stand on her degree, she will go to court to learn and ask questions, and that makes folks stop and take notice.
When Allan Richards of Financial Investments asks Rebecca to investigate an suspect employee, this seemingly innocent task isn’t innocent at all.
As she gathers information that seemingly deals with financial scams (that are eerily similar to the investment scams going on now in real life), Rebecca reaches out to her friend Joshua Tameron, who helps her get through the process of exposing this sceme.
Reardon’s writing is smooth, and easily puts us in the characters’ shoes, and we root for the underdog as Beck and Joshua literally fight for the truth as well as their lives.
As a sister of a lawyer, I appreciate the detail Reardon takes the reader through to help understand processes we may not ordinarily see.
This is an exciting read and am looking forward to more from this talented writer.
Rating: 5 / 5