This was one of those stories that had me reading late into the night. I couldn't put it down.In typical Jodi Picoult style, the story moves through time not in linear fashion, but in past and presentwoven together to create a suspenseful and unpredictable plot.One of the things I liked most about the novel is that it involves courtroom litigation. I enjoythe dance of prosecutor vs. defense attorney. As always in our legal system, it is not so much a matterof guilt or innocence, but of reasonable doubt. The fact that it is a likeable young man whose fate is at stake makes it all the more compelling.I read this book on my Kindle. As much as I love my Kindle, I wish I had the book in my hands so that I could have easily gone back to previous pages. As the story unfolds, the meanings of passages written in previous chapters spring to life.I am currently reading Salem Falls, another novel by this same author. So far, another page turner!