Reviews for No Defense

"Wallace avoids any Grisham-come-lately cliches in this interesting novel of southern justice... This page-turner of a novel is refreshing in it's uncommon perspective, as opposed to the usual legal novel that focuses on lawyers."  — Booklist

"In a POWERFUL FIRST NOVEL set in her home state of Alabama, Wallace deftly combines facts and emotions arising from a civil rights incident with the elements of a mostly dysfunctional family to create a RIVETING COURTROOM DRAMA... As a former lawyer, Wallace presents a credible version of the drama and family disaster that appears inevitable because of the scandal. Another FINE STORY in the Southern literary tradition; RECOMMENDED for popular collections."  — Library Journal

"Rangeley Wallace has written a TAUT, COMPELLING SOUTHERN DRAMA that is cut from the same cloth as Harper Lee and the early William Faulkner." — Winston Groom

"Rangeley Wallace is a HARD, FRESH WIND OUT OF THE SOUTH, with a voice full of particularity and a BORN SENSE OF STORY. LuAnn Hagerdorn Garrett is very much a heroine of our time, but in this FINE FIRST NOVEL she must deal with what we all do, finally, in the South: a past that will not die." — Anne River Siddons

"...COMPELLING FIRST NOVEL... In fact, the care Wallace takes with LuAnn's characterization enhances this WELL-PACED LEGAL THRILLER, as do FLAVORFUL SOUTHERN VOICES and a bracing dose of romance." — Publisher's Weekly