The Verdict, Stone - B +

                                               This novel is best described as a London-based Scott Turow-like legal thriller.  The interesting plot point is that the narrator, Terry Flynt, is the clerk on the defense team for the fabled Vernon James, his once best friend and the man who, twenty years earlier, had ruined his life. Add in a crooked lead partner at the law firm, two girls in a green dress, faulty memories, liars, killers and a bunch of dodgy characters, and you have a pretty fun read.