The story highlighting domestic violence was brutal but realistic. The extent to which defending lawyers will go to shred any opposition and get their clients to go free to wreck damage on other victims is unbelievable even though lawyers themselves know their client is guilty as charged.

Casimir escaped the justice system once after almost killing a woman. Alexa is going to make sure he doesn’t get away again. This time her adversary lawyer is much more powerful. Not only is he, her co lawyer in the same office but he is known to be corrupt, dealing in drugs and friends with people on the wrong side of the law. Alexa a powerful attorney in her own right takes matters into her own hands to bring both the attorney O’Brien as well as the suspect down. Putting herself in grave personal danger as this becomes a personal battle.

The erotic part of the story did not add much to the book which could have done without it very well but Alexa’s secretary’s involvement showed the human element and how this can be manipulated and used to bring down someone.

Very well told of court room drama and the proceedings that precede a judgement, made for good reading.

Fast paced and nail bitingly tense, this is a book to be read in a sitting as you will want to see it resolved. There are some dark themes in this book and the author does a good job of making the reader feel a stake in what happens. A strong thriller,

A page turner a courtroom drama told through three points of you.Alexa the district attorney who must keep this dangerous man behind bars or he will attack again.Her story her fighting spirit kept me involved turning the pages a really well written debut.#netgalley #outofsilence.

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Grab this book for a captivating courtroom drama that will keep you turning the pages!
Alexa, a criminal lawyer wants the case of Casimir who brutally attacked his wife and got off to brutally injure another woman. She needs to put this dangerous man Away but can she?

The story in Out of the Silence by Marie Theodore is told from various points of view of Alexa, Carmella, and Sally. This is the first book by this author that I have read, and unfortunately, it will be the last. I'm no prude, but I don't think graphic sex or innuendos is needed in this story, especially if not mentioned in the premise.

The synopsis had me hooked, but the actual story fell flat for me and I never really connected with the characters. I am sure there is an audience out there for this book, but I probably am not the target audience with what to me was unnecessary sexual scenes.
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