Product Description
In Saudi Arabia, two American missionaries are targeted by the infamous religious police—Muttawa. The man is tortured and killed; his wife arrested on trumped-up charges before being deported to the United States. Compelled by the injustice of her plight, young attorney Brad Carlson files an unprecedented civil rights suit against Saudi Arabia and the ruthless head of the Muttawa. But the suit unleashes powerful forces that will stop at nothing to vindicate the Arabian kingdom. Witnesses are intimidated and some disappear; jurors are bribed; and a member of Brad’s own team may be attempting to sabotage the case. As Brad navigates a maze of treachery and deception, he must gamble his case, his career, and the lives of those he loves on his ability to bring justice to one family, challenge the religious intolerance of a nation, and alter the course of international law. Directed Verdict is a Christy Award–winning novel.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 32 reviews)

Great Legal Thriller That Keeps You in Suspense by William L. Tompkins (Kingsport, TN United States)

5 Stars
August 30, 2009
I have been reading John Grisham for some time and Randy Singer's Directed Verdict is right there with the same level of suspense for a legal thriller. The book keeps you guessing until the end. It adds a spiritual theme but allows the characters to be portrayed as real, which keeps you interested. I like the way Singer develops detail and pulls things together. This book was every much as good as Grisham, without some of the sex, lust and langauage our society has come to expect from books and movies like these. I highly recommend this book if you like good Christian writing and legal thrillers.

Christian legal thriller falls short by Sandy Kay (Twin Cities, Minnesota USA)

3 Stars
July 22, 2009
I really wanted to like this book: most of the reviews were glowing, I love legal thrillers, and I thought a Christian legal thriller might be good. But it did not work for me at all. The Christian part was fine, the legal part not so good. First things first: if you are not a Christian (and preferably an evangelical), chances are good you will not like this book. It is not so much the lawyer or his staff who are Christians, it is the two clients whose cases are described in detail. The first is a minister charged with praying outside an abortion clinic (presumably under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act). That case was included to show how much a particular judge was biased against the protagonist attorney Brad Carson specifically and also against Christians in general. The second client Sarah Reed is the one central to the plot. She was a missionary to Saudi Arabia who, with her late husband, was tortured by the religious police and then arrested on phony drug charges and deported to the U.S. She initially hires Brad because the insurance company denies payment on her husband's life insurance policy. From there, Brad convinces her to sue Saudi Arabia (and the individual torturers) for her torture and for causing her husband's death. The one thing that really did work for me in this book is the description of the persecution experienced by Christians in the Middle East, especially converts from Islam. I was much less impressed with the legal parts of the book. If you are a practicing lawyer, there is also a good chance you will not like this book. There were things that did not fit. One small example: the opposing firm disqualifies a judge they don't want to hear the case by offering his clerk a job. We are supposed to believe the clerk is so desperate for a job he jumps at an offer he gets over the phone without even an interview. In reality, a job offer to a clerk alone probably wouldn't disqualify a judge because they have 2 clerks, judges typically set out ground rules for their clerks about job hunting while clerking, and federal judicial clerks have their choice of good jobs and wouldn't need to talk to a firm handling a case that has already been in front of that judge. Also, if a law student has good enough grades to get a federal clerkship, he or she most likely will have no trouble getting a job for after the clerkship and may already have accepted an offer before starting the clerkship. There are more specific examples, but I don't want to give away too much of the plot. The description of "co-counsel" law student Leslie Connors and her work on the case stretched my credibility beyond my ability to suspend disbelief and the responsibility the attorney gave her and the paralegal seemed irresponsible if not malpractice. And I didn't believe the legal resolution of the case. If a reader doesn't have a legal background or has a greater ability to suspend disbelief, the book has lots of suspense and thrills.

Great Christian reading by Clara Hubacek (Texas)

5 Stars
July 09, 2009
This is the first book I have read by Randy Singer. I could not put it down. The characters were well defined and it kept me in suspense until the end. I didn't want to put it down, but I didn't want the book to end, either. I love to read books that are Christian based and I don't have to worry about language and adult situations. Randy Singer proves that a person can enjoy a good, suspenseful, enjoyable book and not need everything else that the world seems to think is necessary for a good book. Can't wait to read more of Randy Singer.

Another excellent work by author Randy Singer by Toby Martin II (Erskine, Minnesota United States)

5 Stars
May 08, 2009
Directed Verdict" is yet another truly fine novel by attorney-turned-author Randy Singer. It is a multi-faceted work which succeeds on all levels--suspenseful, informative, a bit of romance...and it's underscored with compelling references to the grace of God, as exemplified through his son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Hopefully, this should not be a turnoff for those who are prone to read only secular books, inasmuch as, overall (as other reviewers have suggested), Mr. Singer continues to "out-Grisham Grisham!" I own and continue to read all of best-selling author John Grisham's novels; but, with all due respect, I believe that Randy Singer has climbed to the top rung of the legal-thriller genre. This book, along with all of Mr. Singer's books, is highly recommended! --RON HOWE (a.k.a., Toby Martin II) ERSKINE, MINNESOTA.

Loved this book! by Kathy S. Lay (Portland, OR)

5 Stars
April 09, 2009
This is second book of Randy Singer that I have read and I loved both of them and can't wait to read more! I love his style of mystery and intrigue, and also love the courtroom drama. Some reviewers have compared him to John Grisham - I like Randy Singer better in mulitple ways, especially because of his christian perspective and more conservative viewpoints. He also keeps you trying to figure things out all the way, which I love, because I like to analyze.

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