Suspicion of Innocence: 1 - Barbara Parker Book

  • Author: Barbara Parker
  • Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
  • Cover Type: Paperback
  • Pages: 344 pages
  • Language: English
  • Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense
  • Genre Class: Fiction, Literature, Women
  • Edgar Award Finalist: This Miami crime thriller by aNew York Timesbestselling author is an exhilarating debut [and] a sizzling page-turner (Publishers Weekly). Gail Connor is a fast-rising attorney in a major South Florida law firm, about to make partneruntil her life is derailed by the discovery of her sisters body in the Everglades. What at first appears to be a suicide soon becomes a homicide investigation with Gail as the prime suspect. To defend herself, Gail must unravel the tangled web of her wild younger sisters life, which includes connections to drug traffickers, a Native American artifact, Gails own estranged husband, and a handsome Cuban-American attorney, Anthony Quintana, to whom Gail is strongly attracted. But who can she trust as she fights for justice for her sister and herself? Written by a former prosecutor,the first book in the New York Timesbestselling Suspicion series delivers a sun-drenched variation on the work of Scott Turow and Patricia Cornwell (Library Journal).

    P>About the Author: Barbara Parker was trained as a lawyer and worked as a prosecutor with the state attorneys office in Dade County, Florida, before moving into a private practice that specialized in real estate and family law. She earned a masters degree in creative writing in 1993, and her first legal thriller wasSuspicion of Innocence (1994), which was followed by another seven titles featuring her two lawyer protagonists, the sometime-lovers Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana. While writing the Suspicion series, she also producedCriminal Justice,Blood Relations,The Perfect Fake, andThe Dark of Day. Suspicion of Innocencewas a finalist for the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, and two of her titles,Suspicion of DeceitandSuspicion of Betrayal,wereNew York Timesbestsellers. Parker died in March 2009, at age sixty-two.

    SKU BK-9781497639171
    Barcode # 9781497639171
    Brand Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
    Artist / Author Barbara Parker
    Shipping Weight 0.4190kg
    Shipping Width 0.140m
    Shipping Height 0.020m
    Shipping Length 0.220m
    Type Paperback

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