Reviewed by Lydia Nolan
You may have noticed, I am a fan of Allen Eskens. This is the last review of his novels since he’s written seven and I’ve read and reviewed them all, except this one. I have to wait until he writes another before I can review any more of his books, so here is the last review.
I will say, this one is a favorite of mine, although I say that about them all. I love that he uses characters in his books intermittently, but we recognize them from another of his books, use in point: the defense attorney in this novel–Boady Sanden–is the child in “Nothing More Dangerous.” Max Rupert, the detective is in a lot of his novels, and this one is no different, along with Nila the girlfriend of Joe in the first novel “The Life We Bury.”
This. plot (as pretty much all of his novels) is fast and can be read easily within one sitting, although who wants to do that? It takes the fun out of hanging with the characters you know and finding out who is on their crap list. So here goes.
There is a murder, but it is severely memorable, I wish I didn’t but imagery is pretty clear. The entire plot is between the defense attorney, Boady, his long time friend, Max, and a defense attorney that is being prosecuted for an atrocious reason. I won’t ruin it for you, but I will say, it’s a favorite of mine because the court case is intense and detailed to the point I want to visit court cases just to watch the movements; Eskens is, after all, an attorney.
It’s about the characters’ integrity, friendship broken and never to be mended, or at least not like before, and Max is not the main character here, but he is proven to become the main character in “The Deep Dark Descending.” You will just have to go to Eskens’ website, and try to read these in order. I did not, which is why I had to piece these together after reading them. I will have to read them again, in order as well. I wondered greatly what was meant by the title, “The Heavens May Fall.” I love how it was introduced in the book, fiat justicia ruat caelum (Let justice be done though the heavens may fall.)
You won’t be sorry reading his novels, and it won’t look bad in hardcover in your library of books either. Looks great in mine. Enjoy!
