Name: Kidnapped by a Client: The Incredible True Story of an Attorney's Fight for Justice
Rating: 4.2 (313 reviews)
Author: Sharon R. Muse
ISBN: 978-1543680454

Description

About the Author Sharon R. Muse is an attorney in Georgetown, Kentucky. She has a BA in Psychology from the University of Kentucky, a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Louisville, specialized training in the legal field, and extensive training in effects of trauma on the brain. She works with experts in self-protection, trauma, and grief counseling. Muse teaches classes and speaks to groups about self-protection and assists victims as they navigate the legal system.

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“He promised to kill me when he got out. I believed him. If I wanted justice, I had to fight both him and the courts...maybe kill him first. If I didn’t do something, I was going to die.”
This is not a manufactured dialogue from a thriller but the words of attorney Sharon Muse. They came after she survived an attempted kidnapping, rape, and murder at the hands of Hank Morrison, a former client. On April 7, 2006, Muse miraculously escaped from the sociopathic Morrison, only to find that the threat to her life was just beginning. Ineptitude in the justice system threatened to release Morrison and allow him the opportunity to finish the job, which he adamantly pledged to do. Muse would have to fight at every step to ensure her safety.
Muse would act as her own advocate, investigator, legal counsel, and bodyguard in the years following the event.
Kidnapped by a Client
covers the brutal kidnapping, two trials, two appeals, procedural errors galore, one Supreme Court reversal, and even Muse’s intricate plan to murder Morrison before he could get to her. Muse would not ultimately execute that plan, and she would emerge victorious in the legal battle thanks to her faith and her own determination and legal acumen. But her safety is not ensured: Morrison is up for parole in 2026. Muse regularly monitors his status.
Muse recounts her stranger-than-fiction story in
Kidnapped by a Client
. Muse analyzes the failures of the legal system, the mistakes she made, the steps she took to protect herself, and how she has coped with trauma. Readers will find not only a compelling narrative, but also insight into how to protect oneself and ensure one’s own safety and well-being.

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AGCAWMXODKANM53Q5DFF... ✓ Verified Purchase January 11, 52148

Story fantastic! Audio version not so much

In this true story, a lawyer escapes a kidnapper bent on murdering her only to find she has to fight the justice system even harder to keep him from coming back to kill her. The story is spellbinding, but the audiobook could have been done better.

The chapters vary in quality—some are loud and clear, others are more muted. The voice-over artist does a good job of adding emotion and performing different voices for the characters, but it would have been better if some portions of the book had not been read aloud, e.g. in some of the courtroom scenes, the back-and-forth questioning was designated as Q and A, and that is how it is read over and over. Q (what the prosecutor or defense attorney says) and A (what the witness replies). That works ok in the print version but not in an audiobook. I much prefer the book, which I also bought (see picture).

(Be sure to note that this is an MP3 version. It won't play on a standard CD player.)

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