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Dark Lady

by Richard North Patterson

ISBN: 0679450432
ISBN-13: 9780679450436
Format: Hardcover

Summary

Assistant prosecutor Stella Marz (aka The Dark Lady) is caught in a vicious web of political corruption and personal turmoil when two prominent citizens-one, Tommy Fielding, a baseball stadium construction supervisor, the other, Jack Novack, a private practice attorney and Stella's former lover-are found dead.

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"...[DARK LADY is] an engrossing portrait of the darkness lurking in an urban area in decline."    -- Marit Haahr

   -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

"...[This is a] complex tale of personal, political and criminal betrayals....DARK LADY not only keeps you in suspense; it gives you plenty of social and moral questions to ponder."    -- Tom Nolan

   -- Wall Street Journal

"...Patterson is familiar with the civic shenanigans that can destroy a community, and he draws wisely on the history and geography of Cleveland to portray a city struggling to escape its bondage to organized crime, racial conflict and the entrenched corruption of its elected officials."    -- Marilyn Stasio

   -- New York Times Book Review

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1999
Size: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.7 pounds
Pages: 371

Publisher's Notes

In a steel-mill town on the verge of an economic comeback, two prominent men are found dead within days of each other. In each case, the known character of the man seems grossly more contradicted by the circumstances of his death. But, as assistant county prosecutor Stella Marz discovers, the victims and their deaths may be connected in ways that no one would ever suspect.

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