A Question of Proof by Amiel, Joseph - 1994

Fawcett Gold Medal. Fair. 1994. Paperback. The spine and both covers, next to the spine, are creased from reading. There is a diagonal crease on the upper back cover. The pages are clean, no tears or soiling. The pages and binding are tight. There is a name faintly stamped on the bottom page edges. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 403 pages; An intense legal thriller of a sizzling divorce case that turns deadly. Tough and street-smart, a principled rebel against an establishment he has always scorned, Dan Lazar has risen from the working class to become one of Philadelphia's top criminal defenders. But now divorced and badly missing his young son, disillusioned by years of representing vicious criminals, humiliated by the politically ambitious DA's charge that he bribed a witness in a brutal rape-homicide case, Dan is burned out, depressed, and ready to call it quits. Then beautiful Suan Boelter walked into his life with a hot divorce case. On the surface he would seem to have nothing in common with Susan Boelter, the beautiful and patrician wife of Peter Boelter, who runs the city's dominant newspaper and heads one of its most powerful families. But when Peter deserts her and files for divorce, moving to seize everything that is precious to her, including custody of their thirteen-year-old daughter, Susan turns to a reluctant Dan for help. Suddenly, Peter is found dead. Susan becomes the prime suspect in his murder. Driven by his love for her and by an inner need to defend someone in whose innocence he can truly believe, Dan starts to investigate. The gripping story of one man's internal battle between love and justice and the lengths to which a wealthy family will go to hide its secrets. Will combine shipping on more than one book. .