Book Review

The Color of Law

The Color of Law by Mark Gimenez, published by Doubleday

Reviewed by Mike Shea

October 2005

Buy it at BookPeople

The shadow of To Kill a Mockingbird looms intentionally large over THE COLOR OF LAW (Doubleday). Atticus Finch is quoted at the outset, and protagonist A. Scott Fenney’s mother admonishes him to “be like Atticus. Be a lawyer. Do good.” Quite a display of brass for first-time novelist MARK GIMENEZ. His hero rakes in $750,000 a year as a partner at the Dallas firm of Ford Stevens, but easy street turns bumpy when a federal judge appoints him pro bono counsel to a 23-year-old hooker charged with murder. The victim’s father, a senator, tries to pressure Fenney into railroading the defendant, a wake-up call for the lawyer’s slumbering conscience. Gimenez, a Fort Worth–area lawyer himself, shows some rookie jitters, but The Color of Law is an unbeatable legal thriller with a lot of heart.

E-mail

Password

Remember me

Forgot your password?

X (close)

Registering gets you access to online content, allows you to comment on stories, add your own reviews of restaurants and events, and join in the discussions in our community areas such as the Recipe Swap and other forums.

In addition, current TEXAS MONTHLY magazine subscribers will get access to the feature stories from the two most recent issues. If you are a current subscriber, please enter your name and address exactly as it appears on your mailing label (except zip, 5 digits only). Not a subscriber? Subscribe online now.

E-mail

Re-enter your E-mail address

Choose a password

Re-enter your password

Name

  
 

Address

Address 2

City

State

Zip (5 digits only)

Country

What year were you born?

Are you...

Male Female

Remember me

X (close)