Acts of Malice Mass market paperbound - 2000
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
In O'Shaughnessy's biggest seller to date, Nina Reilly represents the scion of one of Lake Tahoe's most prominent families. When her client is charged with murdering his brother on a ski slope, Nina begins to doubt his innocence. Meanwhile, an assistant DA tries to kindle his romance with Nina.
From the rear cover
The "New York Times bestselling Nina Reilly novels have dazzled both readers and critics with their crackling blend of legal suspense and taut human drama. Now Perri O'Shaughnessy, hailed as "smart," "gripping," and "complex" by the "San Francisco Chronicle, brings us her best--and most explosive--Nina Reilly novel yet.
Amid the sparkling snow-swept mountains of Lake Tahoe, Nina Reilly has made a home, juggling the demands of her one-woman law practice and raising a teenage son alone. Now Nina has taken on a case that will threaten everything she holds dear, drawing her into a tangled web of loyalties and alliances within one of Lake Tahoe's most prominent families. Her client: a man accused of murdering his own brother--on the ski slopes of Tahoe. The law says Nina must give Jim Strong the best possible defense. But Strong's family has turned violently against him, and suddenly Nina is at the center of the storm. As she works a flawed and troubling case and gets swept into an unexpected love affair, the two sides of Nina's life come crashing together...in the ultimate act of malice.
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The "New York Times bestselling Nina Reilly novels have dazzled both readers and critics with their crackling blend of legal suspense and taut human drama. Now Perri O'Shaughnessy, hailed as "smart," "gripping," and "complex" by the "San Francisco Chronicle, brings us her best--and most explosive--Nina Reilly novel yet.
Amid the sparkling snow-swept mountains of Lake Tahoe, Nina Reilly has made a home, juggling the demands of her one-woman law practice and raising a teenage son alone. Now Nina has taken on a case that will threaten everything she holds dear, drawing her into a tangled web of loyalties and alliances within one of Lake Tahoe's most prominent families. Her client: a man accused of murdering his own brother--on the ski slopes of Tahoe. The law says Nina must give Jim Strong the best possible defense. But Strong's family has turned violently against him, and suddenly Nina is at the center of the storm. As she works a flawed and troubling case and gets swept into an unexpected love affair, the two sides of Nina's life come crashing together...in the ultimate act of malice.
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- Title Acts of Malice
- Author Perri O'Shaughnessy
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Later Printing
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Island Books, New York
- Date 2000-06-13
- ISBN 9780440225812 / 0440225817
- Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 6.98 x 4.38 x 1.3 in (17.73 x 11.13 x 3.30 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Library of Congress subjects Women lawyers, Reilly, Nina (Fictitious character)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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