Acts of Malice by Perri O'shaunessy

Acts of Malice by Perri O'shaunessy

The New York Times bestselling Nina Reilly novels have dazzled both readers and critics with their crackling blend of raw legal suspense and taut human drama. Now Perri O'Shaughnessy, hailed as smart gripping and complex by the San Francisco Chronicle, brings us her best -- and most explosive -- Nina Reilly novel yet.

Amid the sparkling snow-swept mountains of Lake Tahoe, Nina Reilly has made a home, juggling the demands of her one-woman law practice and raising a teenage son alone. Now Nina has taken on a case that will threaten everything she holds dear, drawing her into a tangled web of loyalties and alliances within one of Lake Tahoe's most prominent families. Her client: a man accused of murdering his own brother -- on the ski slopes of Tahoe. The law says Nina must give Jim Strong the best possible defense. But Strong's family has turned violently against him, and suddenly Nina is at the center of the storm. As she works a flawed and troubling case and gets swept into an unexpected love affair, the two sides of Nina's life come crashing together.in the ultimate act of malice.

Perri O'Shaughnessy is the pen name for two sisters, Pamela and Mary O'Shaughnessy, who live in Hawaii and California. Pamela, a Harvard Law School graduate, was a trial lawyer for sixteen years. Mary is a former editor and writer for multimedia projects. They are the authors of ten previous Nina Reilly novels: Unlucky in Law, Presumption of Death, Unfit to Practice, Writ of Execution, Move to Strike, Acts of Malice, Breach of Promise, Obstruction of Justice, Invasion of Privacy, and Motion to Suppress.

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ISBN 13	9780385332767
ISBN 10	0385332769
Title	Acts of Malice
Author	Perri O'shaunessy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	1999-07-13
Number of pages	387
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