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Alexander Madison is part lawyer, part pastor, and part con artist. When a Muslim imam is accused of instigating honor killings, Alex must decide whether to take the case that every other lawyer in town is running away from. He doesnt realize until its too late that defending the imam may cost him the one thing in life he cares about most. Fatal Convictions is the story of a lawyer willing to risk it all and the women who must choose between faith and love.
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Singer Never Flinches, Sep 29 2010
By Eric Wilson "novelist" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fatal Convictions (Paperback)
Years ago, I loved the passion and themes that John Grisham wove into his page-turners. After the dismal "The Brethren" and "The Summons," he seemed to lose his zeal, but thankfully I discovered Randy Singer's legal thrillers. In the time since, I believe Singer has surpassed Grisham in courtroom drama, legal twists, and passion for people and current issues."Fatal Convictions" shows Singer in top form, unflinching as always, tackling big topics and controversy. This time, he deals with Muslim culture and beliefs and the way they interact with American tradition. When a Muslim converts to Christianity, she comes under threat from radical Islam, and soon suffers the horror of an honor killing--and on American soil, to boot. The moderate and soft-spoken imam of a Virginia Beach mosque comes under suspicion, with all the evidence suggesting that he ordered the killing. To complicate matters, the slain woman's husband is one of the imam's best friends, and both of them have past ties to Hezbollah.
Pastor/lawyer, Alex Madison, defends the imam, but with muddied motives. He believes it may give him access to a large settlement in a connected personal-injury case. The further he gets involved, though, the more he believes the imam is innocent--and the more his heart gets invested in the imam's modern and beautiful daughter. Even as Alex faces personal and romantic decisions, his case faces difficulties with surprise revelations and last-minute evidence.
Singer does a great job juggling his subplots, characters, and their evolving motivations. He does an even more impressive job uncovering layers of Islamic thinking. Most authors want to paint Islam as all evil or all good, whereas Singer shows an objectivity that is admirable, well-researched, and instructive. More important, it reflects the Christian ideal of love and grace.
Once again, Singer gives us legal and spiritual matters to consider, while entertaining us all the way to the final verdict.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Fatal Convictions by Randy Singer, July 21 2010
By L. Miller - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fatal Convictions (Paperback)
Fatal Convictions is a legal thriller centered around an imam of a local mosque and a pastor of a local evangelical Christian church. Alex, the pastor of a local church, doubles as an attorney. When Khalid is accused of ordering an honor killing of a woman attending his mosque, Alex agrees to take the case. Highlighting the fear of the community, the outrageousness of the claims against Khalid, and the moral decisions Alex must face, Fatal Convictions is an interesting read.This book was interesting to me because I really enjoy novels by John Grisham and James Patterson. It does read a lot like Grisham's legal dramas. However, the book got off to a really slow start. The first 75 pages were background and setup, which was a little much for me. The beginning of the novel also gave a lot of background info about Muslim stories and teachings of the Qu'ran. Some were helpful, some were not. Some just seemed like extra information. However, it really picked up about halfway through and I finished the book pretty quickly after that.
I think this book would have been better had it not been quite so long. It was just a lot to get through and it wasn't keeping my attention as well as I would have liked.
I received a FREE copy of this book from Tyndale House Publishers in exchange for my fair and honest review.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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How convicted are you?, Sep 4 2010
By Cathy Davis - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fatal Convictions (Paperback)
I really enjoyed this book. It showed me a different side of a culture than I knew. I did not know much about the Muslim faith and all the intricacies of it. This book was fast paced and the characters were very likable (except the ones you wouldn't want to like, of course). I enjoyed the ending because I wasn't left wondering what happened to the characters.I received a copy of this book from the publisher so I could review it. Thank you!
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