THE MURDER LIST by Hank Phillippi Ryan

While I truly enjoyed this book, I did figure out who the guilty person was from fairly early on. To me it was obvious.

This book will keep you turning pages trying to find out the why and who of it all. I thought just from the title that the Murder list was a list of victims. Little did I know. I learned a lot reading this book about the law and how different lawyers do things.

The three main characters were all likable to me. Two lawyers and an up and coming lawyer still in college. At different times I detested them then felt sorry for them then liked them again. This book tells things that you don’t usually hear about. Like how angry the district attorney gets if she loses a case or how personal she may take it. How much she may hate the defense attorney for winning when she truly believes the person she is convicting is guilty and the lengths she may go to to prove it. Also the same can be said for the defense attorney. What they will do to get a person off even if they know in their heart that the person is guilty. The anger that stems from each. They don’t like to lose. But one has too. They can’t both win.

This is the story of a young woman who works for the President of the Senate as his secretary. The admiration she has for him. The feelings she thinks she has for him. It’s about a couple of trials at the same time and how losing affects the attorneys. The death of another young woman who works for the secretary to the President of the Senate. How they each got their jobs and what happens to one when she crosses a line that truly should not have been crossed at all. A cheating husband, a scorned wife, an angry woman who is delusional and two lawyers.

While I think this book was very well written and I found it very interesting, I hated that I was able to figure out who the guilty person was. I kept hoping I was wrong but to me it was kind of obvious. But still it was a very good book. The why of it and the way things happen are wonderful. It’s truly a very good book.

Great characters. Great plot. Great plot twists and I really loved the ending, though I would have loved to known a bit more.

Thank you to #NetGalley for the copy of this in exchange for my honest review.

I give this a 4 star and do highly recommend it.