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The Last Trial is the third book in the McMurtrie and Drake legal thriller series.

Thomas Jackson McMurtrie is an attorney who spent several decades as a Professor of Evidence at the University of Alabama School of Law and who wrote the definitive textbook on Evidence for the State of Alabama. Then one or two of his former students turned on him and he was dismissed from the faculty of the law school.

Once he was discharged, he returned to the practice of law with a former student, Rick Drake. They have had quite a bit of success as well as some close calls (be sure and read The Professor (book 1) and Between Black and White (book 2)) in that order. The Professor is in his 70s and about 28 months earlier had been successfully treated for bladder cancer.

Because of his health issues and his age, he is encouraged to leave this case alone, especially since his partner has not worked for several months. After Wilma Newton is arrested, her 14 year-old daughter comes to see McMurtrie to ask him to represent her mother. Contrary to the advice of his family and friends, including the District Attorney and his investigator who are old friends of both McMurtrie and Drake, he cannot deny the child’s request.

Shortly after undertaking representation of the “murder suspect,” Tom is walking his bulldog, Roy Lee, when the dog lunged for a squirrel, causing pain in Tom’s back. Believing he has a “slipped disc,” Tom refuses to see a doctor, even though his friend, who is a doctor, and his oncologist, have encouraged him to do so.

Now a man from previous books, Jack Willistone, who was released from prison on May 8, 2012, has turned up dead, on May 9, 2012, on the banks of the Black Warrior River. Willistone is the father of an adult son with such severe autism who resides in a special facility, the son-in-law of the reputed “mob boss” of Alabama, and the insured on a $3,000,000.00 policy of life insurance. His wife is sole beneficiary.

A gun registered to Ms. Newton, who spent a year in prison on prostitution charges arising from her relationship with the dead man, and which has only her fingerprints on it, is found near the body together with some shell casings. The gun and casings are linked to the gun so the woman is arrested for murder.

The characters who accompany Tom, are Wilma, Wilma’s daughter Laurie Ann, Bocephus “Bo” Haynes, Rick Drake, Powell Conrad, the District Attorney, and Wade Richey, a police detective. Bo Haynes, a former student and good friend of Tom’s has had his license to practice law suspended so, he agrees to assist Tom as his investigator. Several months before the real work on Wilma Newton’s case begins, Rick’s father is killed in a hit and run accident, so Rick has been out of the office adjusting to the loss of his beloved father and helping his mother on her farm so he will be no assistance to Tom unless he can be encouraged to pitch in.

This is a story of murder, a hired assassin, drugs, alcohol, greed, dishonesty, suspense, and twists and turns you won’t see coming, some of which will have you holding your breath. Robert Bailey is a master of writing legal thrillers, of helping his readers get to know his characters, and of making them human. I promise you, if you read The Professor and Between Black and White before you read The Last Trial you will need to have a box of tissues handy and if you read the Author’s Note at the end of the book you will wonder, as I did, how Robert Bailey could write this book. I guess he was just “minding his dad.”


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The Last Trial McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers Book 3 eBook Robert Bailey Reviews

This is an interesting and suspenceful story, with enough clues to solve the mystery, but just enough misdirection to make the ending a surprise. The characters are well developed, and it made me hope that McMurtrie will still be around to attend one more "last trial".

One thing I noticed is that the story reads like an extended "product placement" ad. No one gets into their car, they get into their Toyota Camry or their Tundra truck. Or they wear an UnderArmor tshirt. Or Nike tennis shoes. Well ok, eventually one "product" becomes important in solving the who-done-it. Maybe it has to be done that way to allow the clues to work. Nevertheless, it caught my attention while reading the novel.
Having read all three books in this series, I am impressed with the humanity that is imbued in the main characters. There is an old fashioned sense of good vs evil with honor and goodness prevailing.

While not essential, it helps to read these books in order as characters reappear and factor strongly into the plot lines.

Tom and Bo are true champions of Justice. The courtroom scenes are always fraught with tension. Even the prosecution team plays fair when justice is on the line.

Interestingly the Late Bear Bryant also figures heavily in the character development. Clearly the author is a fan.

I can't wait for the next book. Given the world we are currently living in, this series is a breath of fresh air carrying hope for the future
It's a sad book, but so are all of The Professor's books are. I am encouraged by the acknowledgement at the end. Boy, this one really threw me for a loop! Talk about a shocking end! I highly recommend this book, but especially in the case of this series,it's important to read them in order. I just wish there wasn't such a huge space between the release of these books. I might just start them all again from the beginning.
It stands alone! This book was chosen for our book club and none of us except the one who chose it had read the others. Felt odd to read it out of order but you couldn’t tell at all. The characters were still so well developed and introduced! Tom, Bob, Wilma, Jack, Bully and so many more. And lest we forget the young gal who starts this ball rolling, Laurie Ann. Lots of twists and turns and “who done it’s?” The writer keeps you engaged and wanting more. I wasn’t ready for it to end and look forward to starting with book number one and reading through. The Alabama and especially Huntsville references were a sweet treat!!
This is Robert Bailey's 3rd book and in my opinion it is the best one . Some writers never learn and never become better .

I am so anxious to receive the 4th and last of the series. Unfortunately, it will be a whole year before the book is released .

I will very much miss all the characters. I have read many books in my life and have never felt this way prior to ROBERT BAILY.

Thank you!!
I have great sympathy for the author, being a cancer survivor myself, and having lost a greatly loved one to cancer.
But the story, after a good beginning, degenerates into silliness about three quarters of the way through.
The witness to the murder was sitting on the lap of her professor facing outwards having rough sex when she heard gunshots and then looked through an astronomy telescope to see the murderer 300 yards away.
First, in my experiences with sex no one is capable of coitus interruptus and focussing on a telescope eyepiece, particularly an astronomical instrument with a very small field of view and presumably focussed on infinity, so blurred at 300 yards.
Then a 65 year old woman, all muddy, staggers out of the woods and proceeds to offer to sell joints to two drunken college students.
Way to stay inconspicuous.
It just won't work, and a decent beginning bites the dust.
The Last Trial is the third book in the McMurtrie and Drake legal thriller series.

Thomas Jackson McMurtrie is an attorney who spent several decades as a Professor of Evidence at the University of Alabama School of Law and who wrote the definitive textbook on Evidence for the State of Alabama. Then one or two of his former students turned on him and he was dismissed from the faculty of the law school.

Once he was discharged, he returned to the practice of law with a former student, Rick Drake. They have had quite a bit of success as well as some close calls (be sure and read The Professor (book 1) and Between Black and White (book 2)) in that order. The Professor is in his 70s and about 28 months earlier had been successfully treated for bladder cancer.

Because of his health issues and his age, he is encouraged to leave this case alone, especially since his partner has not worked for several months. After Wilma Newton is arrested, her 14 year-old daughter comes to see McMurtrie to ask him to represent her mother. Contrary to the advice of his family and friends, including the District Attorney and his investigator who are old friends of both McMurtrie and Drake, he cannot deny the child’s request.

Shortly after undertaking representation of the “murder suspect,” Tom is walking his bulldog, Roy Lee, when the dog lunged for a squirrel, causing pain in Tom’s back. Believing he has a “slipped disc,” Tom refuses to see a doctor, even though his friend, who is a doctor, and his oncologist, have encouraged him to do so.

Now a man from previous books, Jack Willistone, who was released from prison on May 8, 2012, has turned up dead, on May 9, 2012, on the banks of the Black Warrior River. Willistone is the father of an adult son with such severe autism who resides in a special facility, the son-in-law of the reputed “mob boss” of Alabama, and the insured on a $3,000,000.00 policy of life insurance. His wife is sole beneficiary.

A gun registered to Ms. Newton, who spent a year in prison on prostitution charges arising from her relationship with the dead man, and which has only her fingerprints on it, is found near the body together with some shell casings. The gun and casings are linked to the gun so the woman is arrested for murder.

The characters who accompany Tom, are Wilma, Wilma’s daughter Laurie Ann, Bocephus “Bo” Haynes, Rick Drake, Powell Conrad, the District Attorney, and Wade Richey, a police detective. Bo Haynes, a former student and good friend of Tom’s has had his license to practice law suspended so, he agrees to assist Tom as his investigator. Several months before the real work on Wilma Newton’s case begins, Rick’s father is killed in a hit and run accident, so Rick has been out of the office adjusting to the loss of his beloved father and helping his mother on her farm so he will be no assistance to Tom unless he can be encouraged to pitch in.

This is a story of murder, a hired assassin, drugs, alcohol, greed, dishonesty, suspense, and twists and turns you won’t see coming, some of which will have you holding your breath. Robert Bailey is a master of writing legal thrillers, of helping his readers get to know his characters, and of making them human. I promise you, if you read The Professor and Between Black and White before you read The Last Trial you will need to have a box of tissues handy and if you read the Author’s Note at the end of the book you will wonder, as I did, how Robert Bailey could write this book. I guess he was just “minding his dad.”