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Sleight Of Hand (Barbara Holloway Novels) by Kate Wilhelm
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Sleight Of Hand (Barbara Holloway Novels)

by Kate Wilhelm

Series: Barbara Holloway Novels (9)

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Mira (2007), Mass Market Paperback, 416 pages

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  mulliner | Oct 17, 2009 |
If you were a successful pickpocket, jailed at a young age for a stupid theft, it would be quite easy to target you again for theft. Unfortunately, the powerful car dealer who targets you is subsequently killed, leaving you as the only viable suspect.

This particular Barbara Holloway novel revolves around the criminal trial of a reformed thief accused of murder. Unfortunately for Barbara, she knows that the actual killer is a semi-stable young woman who cannot even remember the murder. Does Barbara bring this woman forward, leaving her to an unwarranted life in a mental hospital or does she allow her client to be put in jail for a crime he did not commit? Unfortunately, Barbara unresolved romance with Darren is becoming a distraction to this excellent series of criminal defense novels. ( )
  kd9 | Oct 3, 2007 |
This is what I'm currently reading. So far, so good! ( )
  ellenward | Jun 3, 2007 |
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Gregarious Vegas entertainer Wally Lederer hasn't always enjoyed the attention of center stage--something he learned about himself over thirty years ago when he was in the slammer serving time for picking pockets. He claims he's turned his life around, and his lucrative and legitimate showbiz career seems to support this. But will the police believe he's a changed man now that Jay Wilkins, a childhood friend, is accusing him of stealing a valuable artifact? More important, does respected attorney Barbara Holloway believe him when he pleads his case to her?

Wally swears he's innocent. There's no way he would jeopardize years of hard work for the fleeting thrill of minor deception. But when Jay is found murdered, Barbara knows Wally is in serious trouble--the police have named him as their prime suspect.

Barbara begins to "dig up the dirt" and is shocked to learn that Jay's wife is now missing--and that Jay himself was far from being the upstanding businessman he claimed to be. Before long, new evidence points toward an unlikely killer, and Barbara must decide if protecting her client by revealing the truth will destroy another life she means to save.

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