Mitigating Circumstances
- 432 pages
- 16 hours of reading
As Chief of the Sex Crimes Division, lawyer Lily Forrester is supposed to trust the system, but when her own teenage daughter is assaulted, she will seek a more personal vengeance. Reissue.
Lily Forrester Series
This series follows the professional and personal journey of an assistant district attorney in sunny southern California. Each case presents unique challenges that test her determination and legal acumen. Readers can expect a compelling narrative filled with suspense, moral complexities, and the pursuit of justice within the intricate legal system.
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Mijn wraak zal zoet zijn
- 334 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Flawed heroes (or heroines) are nothing new in fiction. But Lily Forrester, the protagonist of Nancy Rosenberg's new novel, Buried Evidence , has a few skeletons in her closet that rattle alarmingly when her ex-husband threatens to open the door to her past. Unless Lily uses her legal connections (she's a Santa Barbara district attorney) to get him out of a drunken vehicular homicide charge in Los Angeles, he'll rat on her to the authorities. To further complicate matters, Lily's daughter Shana, a UCLA student, is the only other suspect in the hit-and-run incident. When her ex is murdered shortly after Lily bails him out, Shana, who found her father's body, is again a suspect. And Shana's being stalked by the psychopath who raped both her and her mother six years ago. Add a wrongful murder, a retired cop who lied to protect Lily, and a rich, handsome, successful lawyer who's still in love with her even though he knows her darkest secrets (or maybe because of them), and you have enough ingredients to keep this racy mystery moving a lot faster than traffic on the California freeways. Rosenberg has a deft hand with pacing and plot, although her characters seem varnished with a moral gloss that's as thin as their emotional complexity. The relationship between Lily and Shana seems particularly one-dimensional given the traumatic events they've shared. Lily's moral compromises are never resolved, even after her lover clears her of a murder she did, in fact, commit. But Rosenberg's fans won't quibble with the outcome, and the former prosecutor's latest suspense thriller will doubtless win her a few more. -- Jane Adams
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Anne ist eine kaltblütige Killerin. Ihre Opfer sind untreue Ehemänner. Lily ist eine erfolgreiche Richterin mit einer dunklen Vergangenheit und einem untreuen Ehemann. Und dann begeht die Killerin einen fatalen Fehler: Sie verschont eines ihrer Opfer, ausgerechnet Lilys Ehemann, und setzt damit einen Prozess in Gang, der tödlich endet …
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Als Shana einen Nervenzusammenbruch erleidet, bringt ihre Mutter die Studentin in eine renommierte Privatklinik. Ein fataler Fehler! Denn dort ist ein Psychopath auf Menschenjagd. Er sucht nach der Wiedergeburt seiner großen Liebe, um gemeinsam mit ihr zu sterben. Shana ist dieser Frau wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten.
