By Reason of Insanity, Stephen Penner
By Reason of Insanity, Stephen Penner
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By Reason of Insanity

Author: Stephen Penner

Narrator: Paul Costanzo

Unabridged: 5 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/29/2016


Synopsis

Sometimes the easiest cases are the hardest. The defendant absolutely, positively murdered her own mother. She is also absolutely, positively mentally ill. Homicide prosecutor David Brunelle is tasked with holding her responsible despite the best efforts of her defense team, which includes a psychologist who's convinced that she's innocent. As the case proceeds, the pressures mount and Brunelle begins to question his own sanity. Will Brunelle crack the case, or will the case crack him?

About Stephen Penner

Stephen Penner is an author, attorney, and adjunct law professor from Seattle, Washington. He writes a broad variety of fiction, including thrillers, science fiction, and mysteries. His works include the paranormal mystery Scottish Rite, the science fiction thriller Mars Station Alpha, and The Godling Club, a young adult adventure. He is also the author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed children's book series Professor Barrister's Dinosaur Mysteries.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on May 15, 2016

Keesha Sawyer brutally murders her mother by hacking her face into oblivion. She even calls 911 to report it. She's calm, she's collected, she's a paranoid schizophrenic. According to Keesha, her mother murdered her in her dreams and made her into a zombie. That wasn't so bad, according to Keesha, b......more

Goodreads review by Mguhin on September 02, 2014

Legal Procedural Marred by Tired Sexist Nonsense and Sloppy Editing Although exposition of legal details and trial tactics are interesting, protagonist D.A. Dave Brunelle is a pretty flat character who spends too much time thinking with his little head.......more

Goodreads review by Linda on May 30, 2022

Third book in a row to commit the same. Stupid. Sin. Smh. Click here for notes and highlights, in which I reveal when the sin was about to be committed. There's PLENTY of good in this series so far (my kind of good, anyway). The cases are intriguing, informative, and thought-provoking. The main chara......more

Goodreads review by John on September 06, 2020

This story like the last one shows a trial that is outside of the norm. In this one David is prosecuting a daughter who is responsible for the death of her mother. The defense tries a couple of mental excuses to prevent her from being put into mental hospital. The 1st item that they were going to use......more

Goodreads review by David Layne on May 07, 2021

Are we all a little,or a lot crazy? Read it and find out. #3 and I am still impressed and heading for #4. By Reason of Reason brings some changes in personality of our main character And hero. First of things he now is quite different in that he looks and reacts to a lot of attractive women, then hist......more