Barbara Parker: Suspicion of Innocence

Barbara Parker: Suspicion of Innocence Signet Fiction, bhs Inggris, 448p. Kondisi: bebercak, baik, sampul belakang sobek A smart and successful young attorney, Gail Connor is on the verge of a partnership at a major law firm in the #34;new #34; Miami, a city more Latin than Anglo, with a dark side that slides right into the Everglades. But Gail #39;s success at work has masked failure in her personal life: an empty marriage, a daughter she hardly knows, and a past she would rather forget. Then her sister, Renee, is found dead with her wrists slashed. This riveting, high-tension legal thriller written by a former prosecutor draws us into hot and dangerous Miami, where Gail Connor is about to discover the other side of the law. After Renee #39;s suicide, Gail, left to sort out her complicated feelings for her younger, prettier sister, soon uncovers some of Renee #39;s shocking secrets. But most shocking of all is the police #39;s determination that Renee was murdered...and Gail is the prime suspect. Gail #39;s only hope is getting the best attorney she knows - her recent adversary in court, Anthony Quintana. But in what may be a major miscalculation for an otherwise street-smart woman, Gail finds herself drawn to her darkly handsome lawyer, a man whose past holds its own surprises. Caught between the closing jaws of the legal system and her own careening emotions, Gail Connor #39;s desperate struggle takes her from the steamy Everglades to the mansions of the wealthy Cubans who had made their mark on South Florida...and into a fight not only for her crumbling career, but for her life. From an insider who knows the shady underside of Miami and it criminal justice system, Barbara Parker #39;s riveting, page-turning legal thriller is not to be missed.