Book Review: The Hallows, by Victor Methos

A big city defense attorney goes back to his small hometown to switch sides and chase his childhood sweetheart.

Thomas & Mercer, 2019, 350 pages

Ruthless defense attorney Tatum Graham has been living large in Miami, but when his recently acquitted client claims another victim, Tatum has a crisis of conscience. Disillusioned, he heads to his small Utah hometown for a simpler life...but that’s not what he finds.

Soon after he arrives, Tatum’s childhood crush offers him a job at the county attorney’s office and assigns him a murder case. The victim is a teenage girl not unlike the victim in the last case he tried. Now a prosecutor, Tatum sees a chance for redemption, but politics, corruption, and a killer defense threaten to thwart justice.

To complicate matters, Tatum’s estranged father has terminal cancer, and the time to reconcile is running out. Tatum moved to Utah to find clarity, but his thoughts swirl with old feelings and present dangers. As the case heats up, so does the risk, threatening to adjourn Tatum’s new life before it begins.

( Victor Methos has a formula for his legal thrillers, and if you like it, you like it. )

Also by Victor Methos: My reviews of The Neon Lawyer, A Killer's Wife, Crimson Lake Road, and An Unreliable Truth.

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