Review: The Murder Rule - Dervla McTiernan







The Murder Rule

Review: The Murder Rule - Dervla McTiernan - May 2022

This is one book I kept seeing everywhere on Bookstagram and I knew I had a copy from Netgalley, so I decided it was about time I read it. This book starts with a bang as we meet Hannah who is off on a journey for justice and it all starts with one goal. To become part of the Innocence Project and she will use her wits and will even lie her way onto it. Hannah gets her wish and is off to the University of Virginia and finds herself enrolled in the Innocence Project. Currently, they are working on the case of Michael Dandridge -a guy who proclaims his innocence and was sentenced to life in prison and it looks like, with this appeal, he may win. Hannah can't have that happen though and has arrived to sabotage as years ago Hannah found a diary of her mother's Laura and learned all about Laura and two guys - Tom and his evil friend Michael.  Hannah believes Michael is the reason, her mum was the way she is and that Michael also killed her father and got away with it and the evidence is all in Laura's diary. What will happen though when Hannah finally does meet face to face with Michael soon, she doesn't know what to believe as little things don't add up between reality and Laura's diary. As Hannah starts to learn the truth though, can she help save Michael when it shows a conspiracy is building up in the original evidence against Michael, and if the Innocence Project isn't careful, they might wind up dead themselves or behind bars for a crime they never committed?  I have to say I did love Hannah's character and had hoped that we got to see a bit more of her interaction with Michael as that would have been a good way for the story to go, rather than focusing strongly on the past crime committed and finding evidence to exonerate him. If you love courtroom dramas and legal thrillers in the vein of John Grisham and Lisa Scottoline, then you will enjoy Dervla McTiernan's book The Murder Rule. I am now excited to check out more books by this author.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/39FcE4T




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