Before They Make You Run

Paul Kessler is an attorney. He should never have gotten involved with the wife of the chief of police who also happened to be a judge whom he found himself arguing cases before. But the knowledge of his mistake really comes to the front of his mind when the woman is found murdered and all signs point to him as the murderer. Now Kessler must find out who really killed Judge Carol Macy and who is setting him up before he is tossed into prison for a crime he did not commit. Or worse, is the killer’s next victim.

James Hunt has penned a novel about an attorney who must break the laws that he has sworn to keep in order to prove his innocence of murder. This reviewer felt that while this is understandable, there should have been a bit of a repercussion for those actions, no matter how warranted they were. That aside, BEFORE THEY MAKE YOU RUN is a fast paced tale that kept this reader glued to the pages from start to finish, totally riveting. Kessler has a fight on his hands proving who really did it when he has to fight dirty cops and does not know whom he can or cannot trust. The flow of the book is smooth with nary a dull moment to keep the reader’s interest quipped. This is a book to be savoured, not rushed through. The characters are well thought out and vary in likeability; there are many that the reader will love to hate. The ending comes with a relative satisfying conclusion.

December 2006