"San Francisco author and lawyer John Martel hits the ground running in Billy Strobe. ... A refreshingly gritty approach to a decidedly button-down genre. ... Martel pulls no punches."
—San Francisco Chronicle

"Compelling reading. ... The story, and the writing, hold one fascinated."
—The Boston Globe

"Bestselling author and trial lawyer John Martel has once again created an outstanding work in his latest legal thriller Billy Strobe.... This is a satisfying legal drama with a lawyer perfectly created for our time."
—The Sunday Oklahoman

"Full of twists and turns, wit and well-drawn characters, Martel's fourth novel (after 1999's The Alternate) ... [presents] a realistic portrait of a young man coming to grips with the truth about his father and himself.... Powerful prison sequences have the ring of authenticity, as do the courtroom and office scenes, attesting to Martel's professional expertise (he is one of the nation's top ten trial lawyers, according to the National Law Journal). This satisfying summer legal thriller should assure Martel the growing readership he deserves."
—Publishers Weekly

"This is the fourth novel by the high-profile attorney (more than a hundred trials, only four defeats) and it may be his best. It is certainly better than most of the output of John Grisham and equal to the best of Philip Margolin.... This is a legal thriller in the manner that Dickens might have written it."
—Booklist (starred review)

"Billy Strobe is a superior legal thriller with suspense galore and a very satisfying courtroom conclusion. But what really makes the book work is Billy Strobe, the title character, and his supporting cast."
—Phillip Margolin, author of The Associate