Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Robert Dugoni

Item: Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Rating: 5
Author: BaronessMom

Posted October 22, 2024 by BaronessMom in Review, Thriller and Suspense / 0 Comments

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Beyond Reasonable Doubt

by Robert Dugoni

Series: Keera Duggan #2
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Published by Thomas & Mercer on October 22, 2024
Setting: Seattle, Washington
Genres: Legal Thriller
Pages: 365
Format: Audible Audiobook, Hardcover, Kindle, Paperback
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Also in this series: Her Deadly Game

A master manipulator accused of murder. An attorney sworn to defend her. Keera Duggan returns in a riveting novel of suspense by New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni.

When Jenna Bernstein, disgraced wunderkind CEO of a controversial biotech company, is accused of murdering her former partner and lover, she turns to Seattle attorney Keera Duggan to defend her. Keera is more than a master chess player who brings her intuitive moves into court—she’s Jenna’s childhood friend. But considering their history, Keera knows that where Jenna goes, trouble follows.

Three years earlier, Keera’s father successfully defended Jenna when she was tried for the killing of her company’s chief medical scientist who threatened to go public with allegations of corporate fraud. Keera knows Jenna too well. When she was a kid, Keera saw Jenna for what she a manipulative and frighteningly controlling sociopath. Now, with only circumstantial evidence against Jenna, Keera is willing to bury any trepidation she might have to defend a woman she believes, this time, to be innocent.

As the investigation gets underway and disturbing questions arise, Keera puts her trust in a client who swears nothing but the truth. If this is all just another devious game, Keera might be working to set a murderer free.

Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Robert Dugoni allows Keera to learn more about herself.

Will Keera get a not guilty verdict and set Jenna free?

Keera Duggan

Our main character is attorney Keera Duggan. She is the trial attorney for her family’s law firm, Duggan and Associates. Even though Kerra is one of the leading attorneys at the firm, she still feels like her dad is her safety net; in this case, he wasn’t able to be there with her. So, Keera figured out how to proceed with this particular client. It wasn’t easy representing a pathological liar. Yet, she figured out how to deal with her client and get her desired outcome.

Keera is still developing her character and learning not to let others impose their expectations on her. I love how she can be honest with her dad and get past some of her anger. This installment had real growth for Keera and Patsy.

The Case

Keera’s high school friend, whom she didn’t like, is being accused of murder yet again. Only this time, Patsy isn’t up to being the first chair, which is now Keera’s job. Jenna is known to lie more than tell the truth, and Keera thinks she has figured out what Jenna is up to. Yet, how can she really know if Jenna is telling the truth?

Five Stars

I absolutely enjoyed Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Robert Dugoni. I adore his writing style. He transported me to Seattle to follow the case. Keera is a spectacular character.

I look forward to the next installment. Oh, I do recommend Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

1st Book in the Series

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About Robert Dugoni

Robert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Best Selling Author of The Tracy Crosswhite series, My Sister’s Grave, Her Final Breath, In the Clearing, and The Trapped Girl. The Crosswhite Series has sold more than 2,000,000 books and My Sister’s Grave has been option for television series development. He is also the author of the best-selling David Sloane series, The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm Murder One and The Conviction, and the stand-alone novels The 7th Canon, a 2017 finalist for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for best novel, The Cyanide Canary, A Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and several short stories. He is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction, and the Friends of Mystery, Spotted Owl Award for the best novel in the Pacific Northwest. He is a two time finalist for the International Thriller Writers award and the Mystery Writers of America Award for best novel. His David Sloane novels have twice been nominated for the Harper Lee Award for legal fiction. His books are sold world-wide in more than 25 countries and have been translated into more than two dozen languages including French, German, Italian and Spanish.

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