Randy Singer

When lawyer and pastor Alex Madison, defends an imam of a local Islamic Learning Center who is accused of the honor killing of another Muslims wife, he puts everything he values on the line—his church, his law firm and his life.

“Alex exhaled, but his heart was still trying to beat its way out of his chest. This kind of thing looked glamorous in the movies. In real life, you’d never hear the bullet that took you out.”
Fast moving, intriguing and skillfully written, this story kept me show more guessing until the end about the imam’s guilt or innocence. As a bonus, because it was so well researched, I got an education about the different facets of Islam. If you like suspenseful thrillers that also make you think then you will like Fatal Convictions. This is the first book I’ve read by Randy Singer and I can’t wait to read more. show less

Rule of Law by Randy Singer is fiction, but to this cynical reader, it could just as easily be the depiction of a real-life scandal with wide-ranging implications. And that’s what makes this novel not just an unputdownable adrenaline-laced book with both courtroom and battlefield drama, but a really believable story of intrigue, deception, and cover-up at the highest levels of government. Filled with well-developed characters and a plot that is all too possible, Rule of Law is suspense at show more its best. It gets a very highly recommended rating from me.

Paige Chambers is a young prosecutor who specializes in appellate cases when she meets Patrick Quillen. Patrick, or Q, as he is known to friends and colleagues, is a dedicated and determined Navy SEAL. An all-in kind of guy, he soon wins Paige’s heart. But the unbelievable happens, and Paige is left to grieve. She soon becomes embroiled in uncovering a military mission gone horribly wrong. But power often corrupts, and Paige has to decide just who has caused the unthinkable to occur.

There is so much right with Rule of Law — page-turning suspense in the courtroom and in war zones, a plot that seems inconceivable, but you fear is all too plausible, and characters that you can cheer for as they fight corrupt government officials. Set in the highest halls of D.C., courts of law, and the war torn middle East, it portrays an Executive Branch that has seized power for its own agenda. Written before the 2016 election concluded, the novel is pure fiction, but draws on the actions of previous administrations and trends in our fight of terrorism. Singer has done his research to make Rule of Law highly readable and believable. A bonus to this military/legal suspense novel, is the faith thread that Singer weaves throughout the novel. Not preachy, it, nevertheless, makes a clear statement of the power and sovereignty of God in our lives. There is one chapter in particular in which main character Paige comes to terms with the turmoil and sorrow in her life. The images are profound and made me think long after I closed the covers.

If you love military or legal suspense novels, then you have got to read Rule of Law. I could not put this one down and will not hesitate to recommend it to everyone I know. Excellent and insightful, this novel will be on my best of 2017 list.

Very Highly Recommended.

Audience: adults.

(Thanks to LitFuse for a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are mine alone.) show less

When you have the craving for a good legal suspense novel, the author to pick up is Randy Singer. He always delivers a book with twists, turns, and edge of the seat suspense. I found all that and more in By Reason of Insanity. The book opens in a Las Vegas courtroom where hotshot lawyer, Quinn Newberg, is representing his sister for murder of her abusive husband. A top litigator, Quinn has quickly become a must have lawyer in insanity pleas (much to the chagrin of his law partners.) Although show more there is not very much money in insanity defenses, the notoriety brings business into his firm. What he can’t make in billable hours, he tries to supplement at the high stakes poker tables. A young reporter from Virginia Beach covered this trial and when Catherine finds herself in the middle of a serial kidnapping and killing spree, she insists Quinn second chair her local lawyer’s strategy.

Singer does a great job presenting the ins and outs of the very rare, yet newsworthy insanity defense. He also shows the degrading and dehumanizing system surrounding our jails. Not an apologist for easy treatment, the book does show how quickly the need for survival usurps manners and morals. Singer also looks at how God may speak in visions and dreams, revealing truth. The dreams and visions Catherine experiences are so far out that even she begins to doubt her role in the murders. And if you like for a book to keep you guessing, By Reason of Insanity will have your puzzled up to the very end. A good book to take with you on vacation, I recommend By Reason of Insanity.

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Catherine O'Rourke is just as suprised as everyone else in her life when she starts having visions that reveal details about a series of serial kidnappings/murders. Catherine is no stranger to police investigations, having even gone to jail to protect the identitiy of her inside police source. But her ties with the police can't keep her out trouble when the cops decide that the only way she could know these details about the killings is that she is the serial killer herself. Soon is seems show more the only one who can save her--besides God himself--is Quinn Newburg, her high profile attorney known for using the insanity defense to keep his sister out of jail after she killed her abusive husband.
I loved listening to this book, I could hardly wait to get into my car each day and see how the author was going to get Catherine out of the deep hole of incrimanating evidence against her. The twists and turns were fantastic and the narrator does a marvelous job of capturing the right voice and inflection for each character. Fans of legal or other thrillers should pick this one up--don't be put off by it being from a Christian publisher, the faith content is not preachy at all but is woven into the story in a believable way. Two thumbs up for this one. show less