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Murder at Black Oaks
Murder at Black Oaks: A Robin Lockwood Novel | Phillip Margolin
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In Phillip Margolin's Murder at Black Oaks, Attorney Robin Lockwood finds herself at an isolated retreat in the Oregon mountains, one with a tragic past and a legendary curse, and surrounded by many suspects and confronted with an impossible crime. Defense Attorney Robin Lockwood is summoned by retired District Attorney Francis Hardy to meet with him at Black Oaks, the manor he owns up in the Oregon mountains. The manor has an interesting history - originally built in 1628 in England, there's a murderous legend and curse attached to the mansion. Hardy, however, wants Lockwood's help in a legal matter - righting a wrongful conviction from his days as a DA. A young man, Jose Alvarez, was convicted of murdering his girlfriend only for Hardy, years later when in private practice, to have a client of his admit to the murder and to framing the man Hardy convicted. Unable to reveal what he knew due to attorney client confidence, Hardy now wants Lockwood's help in getting that conviction overturned. Successful in their efforts, Hardy invites Lockwood up to Black Oaks for a celebration. Lockwood finds herself among an odd group of invitees - including the bitter, newly released, Alvarez. When Hardy is found murdered, with a knife connected to the original curse, Lockwood finds herself faced with a conundrum - who is the murder among them and how to stop them before there's another victim.
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Mehso-so

My first Phillip Margolin book and 6th in the Robin Lockwood series, and unfortunately it missed the boat for me.
Attorney Robin Lockwood is hired by Frank Melville, a wealthy retired Oregon DA, to free an innocent man who has been on death row for 30 years for a murder he didn‘t commit. While visiting Melville (with the freed former inmate) at Black Oaks, his gothic-like isolated mansion, the bodies start piling up, and she works to solve who 🔻

robinb among the household is the villain.
This has all the makings of an old-fashion locked-door classic. Gothic, enormous, cursed, isolated manor house…nearby insane asylum…freakish thunderstorm…it‘s all there. But the writing itself (other than the description of the manor) was more expository (telling), and more amateurish than it should have been. It felt rushed, choppy and lacking in character depth. As I haven‘t read the previous books, 🔻
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robinb I‘m hoping that they were more polished than this one. 2.5/5⭐️ 1y
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