Burnout. A book so nice that I’ve had to read it twice. This is the book that turned me into a Larry A. Winters fan. A Jessie Black fan. I first read Burnout nine years ago, right after it was published. Now I’m reading the ten-volume series for the second time. There are eleven volumes counting the prequel.
In Burnout, we meet Assistant DA, Jessie Black, Detective Mark Leary, Warren Williams, Jessie's immediate supervisor, the boss of the DA Felony Division, and the DA, Jesus Rivera, the main cast of characters. The main characters that will appear in all the Jessie Black books to follow. Characters were so lifelike that I felt like they were all people that I had known in the real world. The dialogue, the settings, the action so realistic that the temporary suspension was never an issue for me. I didn’t feel as if I was reading a book. I felt as if I was right there with them, experiencing what they were experiencing. Perhaps that was because, back in the day, I had lived that lifestyle.
Burnout, at 424 pages, is also one of the longest books in the series, but, as with all the Jessie Black books, it’s nonstop action, a roller-coaster thrill ride from the first page to the last, so they seem much shorter. For me, they often seem to end too quickly, leaving me wanting more of Jessie.
In Burnout, a man on death row for multiple murders and rape that he did not commit wins an appeal for a new trial. A jury of his peers at the new trial finds him not guilty and given his freedom, but this story doesn’t end there. The real ending to this story will blow you away. This story has more twists and turns than a sidewinder’s path through the desert sand. Read this story and it will better prepare you for what you will encounter in all the Jessie Black Legal Thrillers.
Larry A. Winters reminds me a great deal of John Grisham because both write legal thrillers where the action takes place both in and outside of the courtroom/
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High Recommendation! -- from a retired prosecutor
As a retired assistant district attorney, I'm always on the lookout for solid legal thrillers focused on the prosecutor. This is a top-notch, tense, and very well written tale in which both the ADA and the defense attorney from a high profile murder trial cope with irrational behavior rising from the pressures of their careers catching up with them in the course of that trial. The story is well woven with no detail being unimportant in the end."Burnout" applies to both -- in the case of the defense attorney, describing his nervous breakdown shortly after that contest, leading to a national hotshot lawyer riding into town demanding a retrial.The lead character is a passionate advocate for victims of heinous crimes and her own burnout creating a vulnerability shadowy forces take advantage of. But make no mistake: she's a warrior in the courtroom and a tough smart investigator in the field.The reader gets a keenly accurate glimpse into the world of high-pressure prosecution through the eyes of a compelling main character. I'll definitely keep reading the Jessie Black series.
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