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 Title:                  NR05 - Acts Of Malice
 Author:                 Perri O'Shaughnessy
 Read By:                Laural Merlington
 Copyright:              1999
 Audiobook Copyright:    1999
 Genre:                  audiobook

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Book Description
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Amazon.com Review
Nobody in the exploding field of legal thrillers catches the day-to-day 
life of a working lawyer better than the O'Shaughnessy sisters--lawyer 
Pamela and writer Mary, who collaborate under the joint byline of Perri. 
This is the fifth in their series about lawyer Nina Reilly. O'Shaughnessy 
expertly balances Reilly's life between the working half and the private 
half (raising her 16-year-old son as a single mother and finding the 
time and place for romance). The fact that both parts take place in the heavenly 
venue of Lake Tahoe only adds to the reading pleasure.

Acts of Malice begins with a jolt: the manager of one of the area's 
largest ski resorts is charged with the murder of his brother, and hires Nina 
to defend him. But this will not be an easy case for Nina since the prosecutor, 
Collier Hallowell, is the man who shook up her life so violently by 
walking out on her a year before. Also, Nina and her immediate circle find themselves 
in danger from the very client that they are defending.

Other examples of the O'Shaughnessy expertise include Breach of Promise 
and Motion to Suppress. --Dick Adler --This text refers to an out of print 
or unavailable edition of this title.

From Publishers Weekly
Attorney and single mother Nina Reilly makes her fifth appearance in 
the bestselling author O'Shaughnessy sisters' (Breach of Promise; Obstruction 
of Justice) new legal thriller, this one set on the ski slopes of Lake 
Tahoe. Reilly's client in this case is Jim Strong, a local ski bum whose family 
owns the swanky Paradise resort. Jim stands accused of killing his younger 
brother Alex, who was stomped to death by someone wearing ski boots 
whose imprints on Alex's chest match the soles of Jim's footgear. But the 
suspect claims he's being framed by his adulterous wife, Heidi, who gave a statement 
to police and has gone into hiding. The case gives Reilly the willies, 
as disturbing events ensue that cast doubt on her client. Philip Strong, 
father of the dead youth and the suspect, is behaving strangely, and the victim's 
wife, a libidinous ski bunny made wealthy through inheritance, seems to have 
more feelings for Jim than for her dead husband. And the prosecutor, the 
passionate Collier Hallowell, warns Reilly off the case, hinting that Jim is a 
psychopath who killed animals as a kid and will seek vengeance on her if her defense 
doesn't get him off the hook. Reilly almost takes the latter advice, 
because she and Hallowell are in love and talking about having kids together. 
Their romance strains credibility and verges on syrupy: "He kissed her 
like he was searching for something, looking for her, only her." The 
central question of whether Jim is a murderer or a sap has an answer as predictable 
as the love scenes are corny. Sisters Pamela and Mary O'Shaughnessy 
(writing under their vaguely disguised pen name) do well to surround Reilly with 
a well-drawn cast of characters who provide a pleasant diversion even 
after the suspense has fizzled. $300,000 marketing campaign; author tour. 


