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Item Description
Author:
Lisa Scottoline
Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
HarperTorch
ISBN-10:
0061096105
Edition Description:
Reprint
ISBN-13:
9780061096105
Subject:
Mystery, Thriller
Publication Year:
1998
Topic:
Legal Thriller
Special Attributes:
--
Language:
English
Synopsis
Defense attorney Marta Richter is confident that she's just wrapped up one of the smartest cases of her career, having proven that her client, Elliot Steere, killed the victim of the case in self-defense. But as they await the jury's verdict, Elliot tells Marta that he planned the murder. Now, facing a moral and legal dilemma, Marta isn't sure which way to turn.
Size
Height:
6.8 in.
Width:
4.3 in.
Thickness:
1.2 in.
Weight:
8 oz.
Publisher's Note
Criminal lawyer Marta Richter is hours away from winning an acquittal for her client, millionaire businessman Elliot Steere, on trial for the murder of a homeless man who had tried to carjack him. But as the jury begins deliberations, Marta discovers the chilling truth about her client's innocence. Taking justice into her own hands, she furiously sets out to prove the truth, with the help of two young associates. In an excruciating game of beat-the-clock with both the jury and the worst blizzard to hit Philadelphia in decades, Marta will learn that the search for justice isn't only rough—it can also be deadly.
Just moments away from an acquittal for her client--powerful businessman Elliot Steere, who is accused of murdering a homeless man in self-defense--Marta Richter stumbles upon the truth about Steere's innocence, and as she races against time to prove the truth, she learns the deadly price of justice. Reprint. On the eve of the acquittal of her client, a millionaire businessman, on charges of murder, defense attorney Marta Richter learns to her horror that he is guilty and puts her life on the line to secure justice
Industry reviews
"A hook a sturdy and a story as fleet as Grisham--except that Scottoline's a lot funnier than Grisham. Expect this to be her breakout book." Kaufman
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