The Suspect: Thriller Novel for Mystery Lovers

This is an interesting crime novel. A man returns home and finds his wife's body. A relentless police inspector immediately assumes that the man is guilty party because, statistically, the spouse is the most likely suspect. He fabricates a case based on scenarios he creates using circumstantial evidence. This is aided by an ambitious assistant DA who hopes to make his bones with a high profile case, and is not beyond suborning a witness to win. Attorney Gina Roake takes his case and has to go beyond his defense to track down a real killer.The novel gives you a good look at the legal system. What if you become a suspect of convenience? Could you prove where you were at a particular moment when a crime was committed? Have you ever said that you might want to kill someone? Suppose someone else does the deed - you have a motive, you have made comments, what is your alibi? The novel gives you a lot of food for thought. You might find out who your real friends are.The novel did leave some loose threads at the end. You don't know what finally happened to the family across the street, or what became of the daughter's boyfriend. There is no indication how the assistant DA managed to extract himself from all this.