Product Description
After a series of murders in Virginia Beach, newspaper reporter Catherine O'Rourke experiences disturbing dreams that detail each crime. To aid the investigation, she shares them with a detective working the case. But her plan backfires when she's arrested as the main suspect. Catherine turns to Las Vegas lawyer Quinn Newberg, a high-priced specialist in the insanity defense who believes Catherine may be suffering from dissociative personality disorder. Quinn knows that insanity cases are unpredictable, but nothing could have prepared him for this. To win, or even survive, Quinn needs more than his famed legal maneuvering—he'll need a miracle.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 28 reviews)

a little slow read in the beginning by MB (Port Chester, NY USA)

3 Stars
November 09, 2009
I bought this book because it was free. It was a good read although slow in the beginning. I have to admit the end had quit a spin which I enjoyed. I would recommend reading but certainitly was not one of my favorite books.

Can he write faster? by Kenneth D. Williams (United States)

5 Stars
May 19, 2009
I wish Mr. Singer could find a way to write faster, so I could enjoy even more of his books. Each book grabs my attention from the very first pages and keeps it tightly through twists and turns till the final resolution. By Reason of Insanity is no different from his other works. You will definitely enjoy this book!

Randy Singer books are wonderful by Terri Haynes (Maryland)

5 Stars
March 03, 2009
This was a great book, but I shouldn't have expected anything less from the author of one of my favorite books, The Cross Examination of Oliver Finney. By Reason of Insanity was well written as usual, but the subject matter was very gritty. I'm in the process of broadening my subject matter reading, but still I wouldn't have dreamed that I would enjoy a book about jail so much. Also, as in Cross Examination, the inspirational elements flow in the plot. And the plot delivers all the twists and turns you'd expect from a good legal thriller. Also, the theme of the book, justice, wasn't covered with kid gloves. It showed that justice isn't automatic, even though it should be. And it showed how things can go very bad in our legal system.

Top of the line legal thriller surprises and entertains by Christina Lockstein (Oconto Falls, WI USA)

5 Stars
January 24, 2009
By Reason of Insanity by Randy Singer is an astounding and compelling novel. I read a lot of books within a year, and something that many authors try to pull off is the shock ending. If it's done well, the entire book benefits from it, and the reader walks away from the book amazed and impressed by the author. If the author fails, the reader feels completely betrayed and played by the author. Either way, it's the kind of book that a reader tells their friends about. By Reason of Insanity is one of those books. Cat O'Rourke is a journalist in Virginia Beach who has been sent to cover a high profile murder in Las Vegas being defended by Quinn Newberg , a slick lawyer trying to save his sister, Annie's, life. Annie killed her husband in self-defense after facing years of his abuse. Quinn uses the insanity defense to free her, and instead ends up with a hung jury and a mistrial. When Cat returns home to Virginia, a mysterious Avenger of Blood starts murdering rapists who were never convicted and the lawyers who freed them. Cat starts covering the story as a matter of her work, but the story quickly becomes personal when she begins having visions of the crime and then becomes the prime suspect. Cat calls Quinn for help with her defense when even she starts to doubt her own innocence. Singer is a hugely talented author, and I am a huge fan, so I expected good things before I even cracked the cover of this book. But Singer pulls off the near impossible by keeping the reader wondering about Cat's innocence (without manipulating or lying to the reader), and then pulls off an ending that literally made my jaw drop...twice! This is the kind of book that if you have a friend who doesn't read Christian fiction because they don't think the writing is as good quality as regular fiction, you need to give them this book. Singer never proselytizes or preaches, and the writing is spot on, as good as it gets.

An accomplished read by G. Hom (Honolulu, Hawaii)

5 Stars
October 06, 2008
I've read all of Singer's novels and just could not wait until this book was published. This is in the style of Grisham and James Patterson, but Singer has them beat in this novel. I was not disappointed. He does wonderful research and his take on the insanity defense was excellent. Of course there's lawyering involved, but there is also a very provocative view of how female inmates are treated in our criminal "justice" system. Can't wait until the next novel.

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