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Delacorte, August 2002, 24.95, 422 pp.
ISBN 03850348452
After years of struggling, attorney Nina Reilly has established a very good practice on the California side of Lake Tahoe. She has gotten innocent clients off and is currently being courted by a very big corporate law firm. Everything is going great until the September night that Nina brings the case files home and forgets to bring them into the house.
When she goes to get them the next day, her car is stolen and her files with them. They contain information that can hurt Nina's clients and somebody is using them to do just that. While Nina and her significant other Paul are trying to do damage control, one of her clients sets in motion before the bar to have her licensed revoked. The lawyer needs an attorney steeped in the ways of the California Bar and Paul finds the expert: Nina's ex-husband.
The latest installment in the Nine Reilly series is fascinating because the audience gets to see another side of the feisty lawyer when she is on the defensive in her professional life. The mystery about who is out to destroy Nina is cleverly done and believable because the perpetrator's motives ring genuine. Readers who like legal thrillers that are fit to read will want to pick up novel rather quickly.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- near future
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Legal Thriller
Yes
Legal Plotlets
- story of crooked lawyer
- finding out whether someone is really guilty
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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