An Insignificant Case    by Phillip Margolin Order:  USA  Can Minotaur, 2024 (2024) Hardcover, e-Book      Reviewed by Hilary Williamson Phillip Margolin's legal mysteries, both series and standalones, have long been on my must read list. In An Insignificant Case, he introduces Charlie Webb as an unremarkable lawyer who ends up doing something remarkable after he takes on the defense of crackpot artist Lawrence Weiss (who calls himself Guido Sabatini). After graduating from a third rate law-school, Charlie has a practice that limps along on court appointments and referrals from family and 'members of the Barbarians motorcycle club.' He's assigned Guido's case after the artist breaks into a restaurant and steals a painting he had sold them (not liking where they placed it). Guido doesn't tell Charlie that he also took a a flash drive from the owner’s safe. Charlie makes a deal to have charges dropped in return for the return of the painting and other items, unaware that the restaurant's owner, Gretchen Hall, and her driver have been sex trafficking minors - and that very powerful people are after the flash drive his client stole. Soon, bodies start piling up and Guido is arrested for murder. Now Charlie's work is cut out for him keeping his client - and himself - alive. He works with the case prosecutor to do so. As the heat and body count rises, Charlie gradually realizes he's not a third rate lawyer at all. Margolin delivers his usual intricate, engrossing thriller in An Insignificant Case - don't miss it! Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Find more Mystery books on our Shelves or in our book Reviews