The Holdout

A Novel

Paperback, 336 pages

Published May 11, 2021 by Random House Trade Paperbacks.

ISBN:
978-0-399-59179-2
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5 stars

As of the time of my writing this, I've only given a 5-star review to 10% of the 103 books I've rated on here, so I like to think that I'm stingy with handing those out. But honestly, I knew I was going to end up here with this book after just the first chapter.

I don't really read many thrillers, let alone the courtroom procedural variety, and I also don't even remember how this book ended up on my TBR or why I bought a physical copy several months ago. But the simple fact is that I had an unexpectedly good time with this book and literally did not want to stop reading when my lunch breaks were wrapping up.

Chapters alternate back and forth between an extremely high-profile court case that happened in 2009 (think like O.J. Simpson or Casey Anthony-levels of media attention), and forward to 2019, …