Edgar Award Finalist: This Miami-set crime thriller by aNew York Times–bestselling author is “an exhilarating debut [and] a sizzling page-turner” (Publishers Weekly).
Gail Connor is a fast-rising attorney in a major law firm, about to make partner—until her life is derailed by the discovery of her sister’s murdered body and the quick revelation that Gail herself is the prime suspect. Gail must fight for her life as she gets a firsthand look at the dark underside of the legal system.
Written by a former prosecutor,Suspicion of Innocenceis “a sun-drenched variation on the work of Scott Turow and Patricia Cornwell” (Library Journal).
Suspicion of Innocenceis the 1st book in the Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Barbara Parker was trained as a lawyer and worked as a prosecutor with the state attorney’s office in Dade County, Florida, before moving into a private practice that specialized in real estate and family law. Parker earned a master’s degree in creative writing in 1993. Her first legal thriller was Suspicion of Innocence, published in 1994, which was followed by another seven titles in the series featuring her two lawyer protagonists, and sometime lovers Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana. While writing the series, she also produced Criminal Justice, Blood Relations, The Perfect Fake, and The Dark of Day. Suspicion of Innocence was a finalist for the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Two of her titles, Suspicion of Deceit and Suspicion of Betrayal were New York Times bestsellers. Barbara Parker died in March 2009, at age sixty-two.
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