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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
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[2021]
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English
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"A San Francisco student's about to discover law school can be murderous in this comic mystery series opener. Willa Jansson picked the wrong time to quit smoking. Exams are four weeks away. And if she's not sitting in class, studying, or sipping innumerable cups of coffee, then she's toiling away as the senior articles editor at the Malhousie Law Review. This job, and being in the top 10 percent of her class, means she'll be able to land her dream...
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Murder and a missing person disrupt a high-profile lawyer's climb up the ladder of success in this mystery by the author of The Smart Money.
Everything's falling into place for attorney Laura Di Palma. She's about to become a partner at her prominent firm, she has a great apartment, and she's paid off her Mercedes. Then disaster strikes. Her sick boyfriend goes missing from his hospital bed, and her firm's detective-who's also her ex-is eager for...
3) Last Chants
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Que serait Montréal sans la souveraineté de ses arbres ?
L'arbre est politique. Bertrand Laverdure sait parler aux arbres. Sans eux, les femmes et les hommes perdraient leur chemin et leur cœur. Une musique infinie, un vertige, un piano, ou une danse projette sa lumière sur la ville. Que serait Montréal sans ce peuple vertical qui enseigne la douceur, l'espoir et l'humilité.
Extrait du prologue
« Écrire aux arbres, c'est écrire...
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A New York Times Notable Book: Sour parents, a sleazy ex, '70s radicalism, and murder spoil a California lawyer's homecoming in this mystery by the author of Hidden Agenda.
Working in the LA office of a Wall Street law firm, attorney Willa Jansson was drowning in bankruptcy codes and mourning the loss of her love life. But now, after almost a year in that purgatory of dull men in thousand-dollar suits, she's landed a new position clerking for a federal...
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A California lawyer's dream job becomes a nightmare when her boss is murdered in this mystery by the author of Where Lawyers Fear to Tread.
Fresh out of law school, Willa Jansson nabs a first-year associate position at a family friend's law firm. Famous progressive attorney Julian Warneke has gotten Willa's hippie parents out of legal trouble on several occasions, though his reputation for grandstanding landed Willa in jail for two traumatic months...
6) Havana Twist
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A California lawyer finds herself on the trail of a murderer while searching for her missing mother in Cuba in the final entry of this mystery series.
Attorney Willa Jansson's mother is a lifelong activist. So, it's no surprise when she and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom disregard federal regulations and head to Cuba for a goodwill tour. The real shock occurs when the group returns ... with one less member.
Worried about her...
7) Star Witness
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A plucky lawyer's out of her element when she investigates a suspicious death that's out of this world in this mystery by the author of Last Chants.
Overworked San Francisco attorney Willa Jansson's ready to go on her three-week vacation and relax on the beach in Mexico. But before she can leave the office, she gets a phone call from a friend whom she owes a favor ...
Willa heads to Santa Cruz to take on what at first sounds like a vehicular manslaughter...
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Murder halts a high-profile lawyer's revenge against her ex-husband in this series opener by the author of the Willa Jansson Mysteries.
Many years ago, attorney Laura Di Palma fled her rainy, gray hometown of Hillsdale in Northern California, leaving behind painful memories to make it big in San Francisco. Now, she's quite the controversial figure, having secured a client's acquittal of the murder of two senators. One would think she'd stay put to...
9) Face Value
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A lawyer is drawn into a dangerous case after a love guru shakes up San Francisco in this mystery by the author of A Hard Bargain.
Leaving an expensive firm and toxic work environment behind her, attorney Laura Di Palma has opened her own practice. She's eager for business, and she's not about to turn away fellow lawyer Margaret Lenin.
Margaret had been struggling with a midlife crisis. Full of deep questions, she sought answers from a spiritual master,...
10) Designer Crimes
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A high-profile San Francisco lawyer scrambles to save her career, her client, and her life in this mystery by the author of Face Value.
When a cash-cow client bails, attorney Laura Di Palma is certain her old boss is out to ruin her. She visits labor lawyer Jocelyn Kinsley to sue the creep for slander, but their meeting is cut short when Jocelyn is shot by an intruder. As she lays dying, she whispers a cryptic clue to Laura: "Designer crimes."
Assisted...
11) Hidden Agenda
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A San Francisco attorney lands a great new job-and is framed for a gruesome murder-in this mystery by the author of A Radical Departure.
After her boss at their radical law firm is murdered, Willa Jansson is desperate for a new job. But when, a conservative corporate firm offers her a position out of the blue, she's a little hesitant to accept, considering the recommendation comes from a high-profile Republican named Bud Hopper whom Willa's never...
12) A Hard Bargain
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A burned-out attorney investigates a strange small-town suicide in this mystery from the author of The Good Fight.
Laura Di Palma's days as a high-profile San Francisco lawyer are behind her. Four hundred miles north of the city in her peaceful hometown, she now spends her days hiking in the woods and helping her lover cope with his war injuries. But their retreat is soon interrupted by a private detective-Laura's former flame-who's looking for help...
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