The Common Lawyer by Mark Gimenez

There is a different breed of lawyers in Austin, Texas:  picture a UT law graduate who oversees his legal empire from a small room on top of "Body Art of Ramon" in neon script, rides a Schwinn bike, is unambitious, a regular kind of guy who drinks Corona with his buddies, rents a one-bedroom, one-bath house in SoCo, has a tattoo of a steel-gray horse head on his upper arm, has a dog for a companion, is unlucky on the girlfriend front and you might wonder, what is his specialty?  Well, it is Traffic Law - where he charges $100 per ticket violation.

Ostensibly, his life changes for the better when a 'freak' girl who is immuned to all known illnesses is sought by a billionaire, Russell Reeves, for her stem cells because they can cure his sick son's cancer.  Therein lies all the drama including an exhilarating high-speed motorbike chase across downtown Austin and an edge-of-the-seat chase which ended over a steep cliff above a lake. 

As Gimenez is one of my favourite authors, I cannot fault this book except to say that Gimenez has ticked all the boxes for me and I highly recommend that you read this book. 

I have also enjoyed listening to the story human-read by Christopher Ragland published by Isis Audio Books.

Rating: 5/5 (As good as Grisham or your money back)