Assistant State Attorney Julia Valenciano gets the chance of her life. She is asked to second-seat a high-profile case: Dr David Marquette is accused of having brutally bludgeoned to death his wife and Their three children. His defense pleads not guilty for reasons of insanity whereas the aspiring State Attorney seeks the death penalty. Dr Marquette's defense attorney claims his client to be a schizophreniac. The aspiring State Attorney portrays him as a monster w / oa conscience. It is not only Julia's first major case, it is a case That is hitting too close to home and the skeleton's buried in Julia's family's closets. THEREFORE more than once she finds herself stuck between a rock and a hard place and caught up between sympathy for the defendant and questioning Whether justice or political ambitions will be served Whether ...
"Plea of Insanity" which indeed psychologically thrilling & educating - very much like that. It was therefore very sympathetic to Those Who suffer from schizophrenia. I learned lots of things, I never really thought about before reading this book. So She Encourages readers to ponder the purpose of the death penalty. THEREFORE she thus succeeded in making this book on educating one.
Result: The saying goes all good things did come in threes. That's definitely true for Hoffman's third outing. Better than "Retribution" and by far more suspenseful than "Last Witness". "Plea of Insanity" is at least as good as Cornwell in her prime! I could not put it down, what nailed to my armchair and finished it in two sittings! Definitely worth the investment!
