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Reviewed by Ruffina Oserio for Readers' Favorite
Jonathan Miller’s The Breakdown Docket: Rattlesnake Lawyer is a unique legal thriller that follows Dan Shepard and his frenzied world. The beleaguered New Mexico lawyer is popularly referred to as the “Rattlesnake Lawyer,” who takes cases from colleagues who can’t handle them. Because of the pandemic, he does some of his hearings virtually while defending Lexy Montaño, a production assistant who was accused of murdering a film producer outside a hotel. Dan's schedule is overwhelmingly full, and he is losing friends and those closest to him while dealing with cartel-financed film shoots and a justice department that totters under its own weight. Overworked and facing a psychological breakdown, can he hold himself together, or will his sanity fracture?
Rattlesnake Lawyer is a searing neo-noir story that offers one of the finest critiques of the bureaucratic cruelty of the legal system. In turns, deeply humane and darkly comical, the book captures the absurdity of law in the pandemic period with “mute yourself” glitchy courts. It also explores the toll of burnout and redemption in overworked lawyers. Jonathan Miller’s hero is the ordinary worker who struggles to be helpful yet must understand that he can’t do everything by himself. He is flawed and inspires pathos. He is a man drowning in debt and pills but still cannot abandon his idealistic belief in justice. The narrative is told in the first-person voice that reflects Dan’s unreliable tone. The cast of characters is intriguing, from the repo man called High to Dan and the Hollywood agents that reek of corruption. A character-driven story that offers a unique character study in a demanding legal environment.
