Unfit to Practise

by Perri O'Shaughnessy

Nina Reilly (8)

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Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:It’s the moment every attorney fears most...one careless moment that threatens careers, reputations, lives. For Nina Reilly, it will change everything—and ignite a case where her own clients are witnesses against her...and where the defendant is Nina herself.

As an attorney championing desperate people, Nina Reilly has skirted the edges of legal ethics in pursuit of a just result, but she has never before broken the rule of absolute show more protection of her clients’ secrets. One September night in Lake Tahoe when her unlocked truck is stolen, her life changes forever. Gone are her most sensitive case files, complete with the sometimes brutally candid notes she took while interviewing her clients.

It’s every attorney’s nightmare. And now the worst has happened: The secrets are being revealed, one by one, in ways that will cause the greatest harm. Nina’s own clients complain to the State Bar of California, and suddenly Nina is fighting for her license and her livelihood in a legal proceeding that may ultimately lead her to disbarment. In desperation, Nina turns to her ex-husband, celebrated San Francisco lawyer Jack McIntyre, to represent her.

And as personal tensions erupt between McIntyre and Nina’s sometime boyfriend, private investigator Paul van Wagoner...as reputations are ruined and people begin to die...a chilling pattern of rage and revenge comes into focus. Someone is bent on destroying the lives of Nina’s clients and, in the process, Nina Reilly.
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For the legal thriller addict, Unfit To Practice is an interesting fix. The O'Shaughnessy sisters pen a tale that is entertainingly suspenseful. Nina Reilly, a small town lawyer has her vehicle stolen and with it the files of three of her clients. The sensitive files apparently fall into the wrong hands. The book details the subsequent fallout.
I found Ms. Reilly's ethical dilemmas realistic. This was the first O'Shaughnessy novel I have read, so I am unable to compare it with previous Reilly reads. Although the story is a bit too touchy-feely for my general liking - one reviewer described the book as a "chick-flip" - and certainly not the best legal thriller I have read, I was entertained and plan on reading another Reilly novel.
this was pretty good. it's the second o'shaughnissy book i've read and i recognized the characters. i don't know that i quite liked the characters in this on as well as i did the other but it was still really good. i look forward to reading the next. i'm going to have to look our for more from him. this one nina (lawyer) is brought up on charges to strip her license and all that brought her to that point. interesting to see how defending yourself to the bar assoc is so different from a reagular court.
Another in the Nina Reilly mysteries. These
writers paint a vivid picture of life in Lake Tahoe, and the courts. Enjoyable read.
@ lawyer set up to be disbarred/good

It's the moment every lawyer fears most...one careless moment that threatens careers, reputations and lives. For Nina Reilly, it will change everything, igniting a case where her own clients are witnesses against her, and where the defendant is Nina herself.

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Perri O'Shaughnessy is the pen name for sisters Pamela and Mary O'Shaughnessy, who live in Hawaii and California. Pamela was a trial lawyer for sixteen years, and Mary is a former editor.

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Canonical title
Unfit to Practise
Original title
Unfit to Practise
Original publication date
2002-08
People/Characters
Nina Reilly; Jack McIntyre; Paul von Wagoner
Dedication
Dedicated to
All the Desperados out there
Trying to Practice law alone
First words
After being dropped off at a filthy parking lot underneath a gloomy concrete overpass, Nina Reilly stopped in for coffee at the Roastery on the corner of Howard and Main streets.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I am me.

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3565 .S542 .U64Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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