A helpful life pro tip is to look up whether a particular author is running for office before you pick up their book. This is to say, this book went in a direction I did not anticipate and the reason for that only dawned on me when the author discussed her forays into politics in the last few pages.

The book is literally about the last trial of T. Boone Pickens. It is not some weighing of his earthly accomplishments or even a courtroom parable of the course of his career. It is nothing more than a description of the last trial T. Boone Pickens was alive to attend and be involved in (naturally, represented by Chrysta Castaneda). I imagine it is exciting to people who get excited about that sort of thing, but left me indifferent. The book is written in a lively manner, so it’s a fairly engaging read even for someone far removed from the world of law and oil drilling such as myself. It offers precious few glimpses of Pickens’ personality, but, mercifully, does not go out of its way to lavishly celebrate candidate Castaneda. It’s thorough, but measured.
Ultimately, I wish I have not invested my time in this book, but not due to any of its specific shortfalls but merely because I have no interest in reading “running for office books” about courtroom minutia.

Anyway, take the title literally, and if it sounds like your cup of tea - this book couldn’t hurt.

A legal thriller not from the mind of John Grisham but from actual life. Almost as a bonus, it touches on the business life of T. Boone Pickens, an iconic figure of American business. Highly recommended.

It's a shame that many people don't know who T. Boone Pickens is. Back in the day when I read Success Magazine, I remember reading about him, and occasionally seeing him on the news. This book at times can be somewhat of a slow read, but it's fascinating. A David and (former) Goliath joined to fight the Persian Army (I know I'm mixing my history battles, but you get it). I'm glad this story was told and hope it finds a way to your shelf.

I live in oilfield country and love reading the stories of the bigger than life characters that built this commodity into the economy driving force that it is. T Boone Pickens is one of only a handful of men that went to legendary lengths to develop the oilfields that gave so many Midwesterners a life outside farming. The fact that he selected a female lawyer to fight in a male dominated courtroom is just one of the many actions that gave him his "unpredictable" label. A really good look at a chapter in the life of an oilfield legend.