The verdict in this case will be to close to call

Its the kind of lurid, high profile case that lawyers dream about.  Frank Avellino, the former mayor of New York City, is dead in his home, brutally murdered.  The 911 operators received two phone calls almost simultaneously from the residence, one from each of Frank's daughters Sofia and Alexandra.  Each sister is accusing the other of having killed their father, and one of them is telling the truth...but which one?  Eddie Flynn, conman turned lawyer, will be representing Sofia, while Kate Brooks, a newly minted attorney trying to rise above the pack in the powerful law firm where she works, has Alexandra for a client.  Each lawyer is convinced that their client is the innocent one, but clearly at least one of them is mistaken.  As evidence is uncovered it points in both directions; the sisters' upbringing for example was far from idyllic with a mother who at best would be called abusive, but her actions were directed at both her daughters, so it doesn't help implicate or exonerate either one.  This case will go down to the wire...will the jury get it right, or will the wrong sister be convicted?
Fifty Fifty is a fast paced legal thriller which throws twist after twist into the narrative, making it hard for the reader to pinpoint the killer.  Eddie is an interesting lead character, a lawyer who started life as a successful con artist and found that the same skills that made him good in that earlier career serve him equally well in sizing up his clients (he refuses to defend a guilty client) and manipulating juries.  In this latest case even he can't get a bead on how the jury will vote, and for him its an unsettling sensation.  Kate is an ambitious young lawyer who finds that her path to a successful career flows straight through a group of sexist, condescending men who control the field in which she works and therefore her future.  Its not enough for her to work hard and well, she has to duck groping hands and awkward passes.  The story is told in chapters with alternating perspectives from Eddie, Kate and "She" (the killer), and as the killer details the motivations driving her it explains why things have unfolded as the they have...but it doesn't help the reader figure out which sister "She" is.  The driving force of the book is not the characters, though, it is the courtroom action and the intriguing story line that keep the reader turning the pages.  Readers of Michael Connelly's Lincoln Lawyer series, Harlan Coben and Lisa Scottoline would be likely to find this an enjoyable read.  My thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for allowing me access to this clever legal thriller in exchange for my honest review.