What does a lawyer do with a client who may be a liar--or worse? Marty Nickerson struggles with that very issue as she defends two men who are surely guilty--or are they?
Charles Kendrick, the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, has been named a "person of interest" in connection with the disappearance of his twenty-five-year-old spokesperson, Michelle Forrester. A multistate manhunt is already underway, and the district attorney is pressuring Kendrick for an interview, which his lawyer, Marty, doesn't want to grant. Meanwhile, Marty and her law partner and lover, Harry Madigan, are defending ex-con Derrick Holliston, who stands accused of murdering a popular local priest on Christmas Eve. He admits to the killing but claims, improbably, that he acted in self-defense. Both clients are lying, but to whom?
Michelle Forrester's body is found the day Derrick Holliston's trial begins, which leaves Marty and Harry facing two mounting legal battles and two clients whose stories don't make sense. Together they must confront the law in all its maddening complexity, battling for--or maybe against--their own cagey clients in order to see that justice is served.
About the Author :
Rose Connors received her law degree from Duke University in 1984 and has been a trial attorney for two decades. She is the author of Absolute Certainty, which won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for best first novel. She lives with her family on Cape Cod, where she spends summers commercial shell fishing with her two teenage sons.
Bernadette Dunne, winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards, studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in Washington, DC. She lives in Brooklyn.
Review :
"A quick read with plenty of interesting twists and turns, this fourth outing by established trial attorney Connors is sure to please courtroom-drama fans."
-- "Booklist"
"Connors continues to be one of the most entertaining wrtiers on the courthouse circuit."
-- "Kirkus Reviews"
"Connors handles her material beautifully."
-- "Washington Post Book World"
"Connors smartly keeps her sleuthing tight and her courtroom acrobatics succinct for another excellent, fast-moving courtroom drama headed by a plucky, energetic heroine."
-- "Publishers Weekly"
"Even on the dangerously overcrowded current calendar of legal thrillers, there's room for this kind of sprightly stuff."
-- "Chicago Tribune"
