This was a tough book to like. The main character, John Kelly, suffers some
life changing trauma early in the book.
Kelly, a police officer, is struggling to recover from the trauma. The book details the life of a cop and the
issues they face.
The courtroom and its vagrancies are also in this book. Public defenders are shown defending people
who they don’t like and, in some cases, know that the miscreants should be
incarcerated. The difficulty in having
personal relationships as a cop and as an attorney are shown.
Bergin pulls no punches and brings a gritty realism to his
work. Kelly is a man out of control. Someone needs to step in but his family is
no help.
I can’t say I found the style of writing captivating but the
message and story are compelling.
I have friends and relatives who are cops who struggle with
the negativity that has most recently surrounded their work. I have a friend who has defended people he
really abhorred but he believes they have a right to a defense. Bergin brought home many feelings in this
book.
It is a sad and some times hard to read book that I
recommend.
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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