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A Laura Di Palma Mystery

by Lia Matera

ISBN: 0671888404
ISBN-13: 9780671888404
Format: Paperback

Summary

Attorney Laura Di Palma represents a former colleague who claims her guru is videotaping group sex sessions and then selling them to local porn shops. When Laura's client drops her charges and six strippers are murdered, she and detective Sandy Arkelett are drawn into a dangerous case.

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"Absorbing....Multiple murders and delightfully complex characters help carry a plot that moves from a strip tease bar to the guru's mysterious island retreat....A fine intelligent story." -- Anita Manning

-- USA Today

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Pocket Books
Published date: 1995
Size: 4.25 x 7 inches
Weight: 0.3 pounds
Pages: 988

Publisher's Notes

Laura hangs out her shingle. She's ready to take any case, even a woman who claims that her New Age guru videotapes group sex sessions for therapeutic reasons--tapes that wind up at the local porno parlors. Laura's investigation takes her from a private fantasy island to kinky sex club back rooms to corporate boardrooms.

Other Editions

Hardcover - Simon & Schuster (1994) - from $1.00
Paperback - Pocket Books (1995) - from $1.00

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