Kevin Wylie is a lawyer who thought he had everything going for him. A good job, and a woman he loves named Susan. Until his boss Bernie, catches wind that Kevin is going to leave the firm and start his own business. Bernie is a criminal lawyer, but also has some shady people that he works for.

THE ALLIGATOR MAN is full of twists. The first being that after 28 years he hears from his father. When Kevin was a young boy, his father took off out of the blue. Now his father is dying and wants to see Kevin again. Susan is not real happy about the turn of events that are now taking over Kevin's life.

Kevin decides he needs to meet with his father, maybe to find out the real reason that he abandoned him when he was young. Kevin finds his father in the hospital waiting for surgery. After meeting with his father, Kevin goes to a tavern to clear his head. He strikes up a conversation with another patron Billy. As they converse, Kevin finds out that he knows Billy. When Billy was a young boy, Kevin's dad mentored him.

Roy Johnson a millionaire loves to drink a bottle of wine late at night and than take a short walk. Roy was the owner of a huge company. But has decided to close it down, putting hundreds of people out of work. One of these nightly walks takes him down to the swamp area. Deciding that he has walked enough, he starts to return home when suddenly a vehicle hits him and sends him flying into the swamp. The local authority has ruled this murder, and has dubbed Roy as the Alligator Man.

As the case surrounding the murder continues, Billy becomes the prime suspect. Billy worked for Roy Johnson. Not only did he lose his job, his wife died and his best friend committed suicide. Billy is innocent and Kevin along with his father's help decide to take on the case. Through the trial, we learn more how Bernie, Kevin's former boss is is involved in this along with several of his former clients.

This is the second book that I read by James Sheehan. James is a great writer, rating right up there with James Patterson. James Sheehan was a lawyer and you can tell by the way the book is written. James brings you right into the court room and gives a lot of the back story of this trial.

While James introduces different characters there is no confusion as to who the main players are in THE ALLIGATOR MAN. In any good case, there are small players who do have a part in the trial. James Sheehan keeps you guessing right up until the end. I was hooked on this book from page one and sorry when it ended.