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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A twisting tale of suspense -- perfect for fans of Linda Fairstein. When the body of a successful criminal lawyer is found outside a chic London hotel, it looks like a suicide. For those who knew her, the woman's death is a shock -- Marianne Shearer was at the pinnacle of her career, wealthy and stylish -- but for the police, the case is open-and-shut. There's something strange about the circumstances, though, something that prompts her colleague...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This searing thriller is perfect for fans of Carol O'Connell and Louise Penny. Sarah Fortune is bored to death -- but few know, and fewer would guess, how the beautiful and successful lawyer escapes the stultifying tedium of her career. Since the death of her unfaithful husband, she has been moonlighting as a generous mistress, offering intimate company to lonely men. Sarah is satisfied with her routine. But then she meets Charles Tysall, an important...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Family fights, suicides, sirens, death, and even a ghost. Everything happens here ... Attorney Sarah Fortune is dispatched to a small coastal town to straighten out the financial affairs of the eccentric Pardoe family. The three siblings and their mother, who is suffering from dementia, own most of Merton on Sea. The business of the estate should be simple enough, and Sarah sees the job as an opportunity for a mini-vacation -- a chance to get out...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A tense psychological thriller ideal for fans of Faye Kellerman and Louise Penny. Things are not going well for prestigious lawyer and professional mistress Sarah Fortune. Her life is a mess, but it would be so much simpler to try and fix somebody else's. So when she meets the vulnerable and troubled Jessica Hurley, Sarah feels she must save her. Jessica longs to return to the small village where she grew up, but she has burned all her bridges. Instead,...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This gripping psychological maze is perfect for fans of Ruth Rendell and P. D. James. Pip Carlton is a devoted husband and a highly respected pharmacist, cherished by his loyal customers. When his wife dies in her sleep, with no apparent cause, he is distraught. Comforted by his caring assistant, Pip ignores the rumors about Margaret's death, relieved that the police seem to have moved on. But prosecutor Helen West refuses to believe that Margaret...
6) Shadow Play
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This sophisticated, psychologically gripping tale about crimes of the most twisted passion is perfect for fans of Linda Fairstein and Patricia Highsmith. The odd, vaguely menacing little man called Mr. Logo is a familiar figure in the old court building in London. Although frequently brought before the judge for indecent assault, he is invariably acquitted due to lack of evidence. He is especially familiar to Helen West, the take-no-prisoners lawyer...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Cunning and evil, poisoned by a lifetime of love withheld, Eileen Cartwright has an unrivaled passion for revenge. When the rich, middle-aged widow falls in love with her lawyer, she goes to fatal lengths to make him hers. Prosecutor Helen West is assigned to the case, but when Eileen's extraordinary evil reaches out even from behind prison bars, the investigation reaches a climax of frightening and frenzied violence.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A woman's abandoned corpse is found in a shallow grave in a posh suburb. The death hits close to home for prosecutor Helen West as she and detective Geoffrey Bailey have just moved into a new house within the gated neighborhood where the body was dumped. But tensions continue to rise when the victim is identified as the wife of the developer who built the estates, and all of the neighbors begin to accuse one another. As Helen and Geoffrey dig deeper...
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