"One intense courtroom clash after another...An intelligent and gripping thriller."
THE WASHINGTON POST
Mary Carelli, one of the most powerful women in TV journalism, is charged with the murder of Mark Ransom, America's most eminent novelist. Her attorney, Christopher Paget, sets out to shock the courtroom with revelations about Ransom as a twisted sexual predator. But as the trial unfolds, it is Paget who will be surprised...by Mary's secret motive for murder...by evidence that Mary is lying . . . . . by a woman prosecutor who believes Mary invented the story of rape...and by an enigmatic judge with an agenda of her own....
A Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club

Item # 3552364

Publisher: Ballantine Books

ISBN: 9780345381842

Binding: Mass Market Paperbound

Author: Patterson, Richard North

Audience Type: Adults

Published On: 12-04-1993

Pages: 544

Weight: 0.58 pounds

Dimensions: 6.89 x 4.22 x 1.21 inches