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Amazon.com (ISBN 0440225817, Mass Market Paperback)Nobody in the exploding field of legal thrillers catches the day-to-day life of a working lawyer better than the O'Shaughnessy sisters--lawyer Pamela and writer Mary, who collaborate under the joint byline of Perri. This is the fifth in their series about lawyer Nina Reilly. O'Shaughnessy expertly balances Reilly's life between the working half and the private half (raising her 16-year-old son as a single mother and finding the time and place for romance). The fact that both parts take place in the heavenly venue of Lake Tahoe only adds to the reading pleasure.Acts of Malice begins with a jolt: the manager of one of the area's largest ski resorts is charged with the murder of his brother, and hires Nina to defend him. But this will not be an easy case for Nina since the prosecutor, Collier Hallowell, is the man who shook up her life so violently by walking out on her a year before. Also, Nina and her immediate circle find themselves in danger from the very client that they are defending. Other examples of the O'Shaughnessy expertise include Breach of Promise and Motion to Suppress. --Dick Adler (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:02 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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I had never read a book by this author before, and I felt like I was jumping in halfway through the season. The authors refer frequently to events of past books without explaining why these events are relevant. They assume you already know. Nothing on either cover or the inner flap informs you that this might be a series you'd want to read from the beginning.
The first half of the book read like a harlequin romance novel with multiple sexual encounters that were described lightly, leaving much to the reader's imagination. The second half of the book was more like the mystery novel this book purports itself to be.
The ending left quite a bit to be desired. Although the main 'mystery' of the book was solved, the ramifications are more than I'd like my hero/heroine to have to experience. I may be judging this a little harshly, since it's really quite far from my favored genres. When my husband, who owned the book initially, saw that I was going to read this, he said I was in for a treat. Again, I think those who'd read the other books featuring this character would enjoy it more. (