Overall, I enjoyed the audiobook. Grisham did a very good job developing the major characters. The main character was Simon, a down on his luck lawyer (bad marriage, broke, gambling problem). His problems then were exasperated when he met an elderly woman with no beneficiaries who claimed to have millions of dollars in her estate and needed a new will. Of course he succumbed to greed and stacked her personal affairs in his favor. When she dies and the autopsy reveals she was poisoned, Simon is the primary suspect. He has to solve the case to save himself. Overall, it keep my interest but it was slow developing and much of the excess could have easily been edited out. While the guilty party was a surprise, the person came out of the blue. No way to figure it out myself until the very end, which felt rushed after the long story. Despite these weaknesses, I enjoyed the book and hoped Simon would be vindicated despite his moral weaknesses.
The Widow
Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it.
Once he hooks the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But soon her story begins to crack. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t commit: murder.
Simon knows he’s innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him, and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. To save himself, he must find the real killer….
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