I had trouble with this one. I couldn't see Ben Kincaid taking this job as corporate lawyer. Some minor editing problems, like four strikes on a batter in the softball game, were unwelcome distractions. The identification of sexism in the workplace as a significant problem was important to highlight, but was don in a pretty heavy handed way. Some of the male lawyers seemed a little stereotypic and the women came off a little weak, except of course for Christina. The knife that wasn't in the oak tree was a bit annoying as it seemed a contrived way to get the exciting "high course" confrontation for the finale. The best part of the story was the tragic aspect of the teenage prostitutes and their hopelessness. This was handled very well. The introduction of the police sergeant that wanted to be in homicide was a nice touch and brought out more of Mike's personality. This one was not the home run for me that the first two in this series were, but it didn't put me off reading more. I look forward to getting into "Perfect Justice" this week.
