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Title: Sophmoric novel from an immature X generation apologist
Review: The Tenth Justice had a neat concept but was flawed with inane dialogue and 20 something characters that were all momma's boys. I bought Dead Even thinking that a second novel would be a more mature effort. But in the first few pages we have Sara Tate, Columbia Law School graduate calling her legal assistant "amigo" on the first day. While the concept of husband and wife being on opposite sides of a case is potentially interesting, some of the stuff they do even lawyers wouldn't do in real life. Meltzer is 0 for 2 as far as I'm concerned and novelists unlike baseball strike out with me after two strikes.
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