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A young man has been murdered. His girlfriend, twenty-two-year-old Brett Allen, is found at the scene of the crime. She claims she is innocent-even though she's dripping in blood, the murder weapon covered with her fingerprints. Enter ÿattorney Caroline Masters, Brett's estranged aunt. She's been summoned back to her affluent New England hometown to help Brett out of this mess.and revisit the troubled family she left behind.
Caroline learned a long time ago that the ties that bind can also be broken. Now that she's back home, she can't help but doubt her family's motives-and Brett's innocence. As the trial heats up, Caroline finds herself up against those who would kill to keep dark secrets hidden.and the state prosecutor, who happens to be her former lover and will do anything to expose the truth. ÿNow, with her family's fate-and her own reputation-hanging in the balance, Caroline must assume the role of a lifetime as she fights to save her niece. Or destroy them both.
Praise for RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON and his bestselling novels...
"SILENT WITNESS"
"Intense courtroom drama...As startling as the bang of a gavel." --"People"
"This generation's best writer of legal thrillers...his strongest fiction to date." --"Entertainment Weekly"
"Patterson hits the first line at a dead run....He never slows down....Everything is marvelously plotted." --"Philadelphia"" Inquirer"
"Enthralling...the denouement is powerful." --"Los Angeles"" Times Book Review"
"Chilling." --"The Washington Post Book World"
"Hypnotic...[Patterson] is at his finest when he gives the emotions of [his] characters, who are connected by a lifetime of love and resentment, full reign in the courtroom. These are the scenes that his fans will anticipate most eagerly, and they are as explosive and revealing as anyone could wish." --"Publishers Weekly "(starred review)
"An absorbing read." --"New York"" Daily News"
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"EYES OF A CHILD"
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"Gripping...the intelligent reader's John Grisham."--"Chicago"" Sun-Times"
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"Masterful. "Eyes of a Child" dazzles...right up to the very end."--"San Francisco"" Chronicle"
"A taut nail-biter...[that] provides the thrill of a legal hunt."--"USA"" Today"
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"THE SPIRE"
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"Patterson grabs the reader by the scruff of the neck and holds him until the very last page..."The Spire" might just be his best to date."--"Tucson"" Citizen"
"Intriguing...we can't read fast enough to reach the finale." --"San Francisco"" Chronicle"
"Gripping...A page turner with multiple twists and a well-earned conclusion at once shocking and inevitable."--"Richmond"" Times Dispatch"
"DEGREE OF GUILT"
"A page-turner."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Compulsively readable."--"People"
"One intense courtroom clash after another...An intelligent and gripping thriller."--"The Washington Post"
"Flamboyant and entertaining."--"The Boston Globe"
"Electrifying."--"The Cleveland Plain Deale
ISBN: 9780312381639
ISBN-10: 0312381638
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 625
Published: 29th November 2011
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Dimensions (cm): 19.0 x 10.4
x 3.8
Weight (kg): 0.386
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