Suspicion of Vengeance - Hardcover

Parker, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525946012 ISBN 13: 9780525946014

Publisher: Dutton, 2001

Synopsis

When Anthony Quintana and Cail Connor are asked to take on the appeal of a death row inmate by the Innocence Project, a group dedicated to freeing innocent condemned killers, they encounter fierce opposition from the wealthy community where the crime took place as they suspect that their client has been the victim of a far-reaching conspiracy. 65,000 first printing.

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Review

In this latest entry in Barbara Parker's series featuring lawyers Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana, Gail gets guilt-tripped by an old family retainer into taking on a case everyone else warns her is not winnable, including her boyfriend, criminal attorney Anthony. But Gail, whose legal practice is primarily civil, nevertheless agrees to represent death-row inmate Kenny Ray Clark, scheduled to die by lethal injection in less than a month. Before she's even read the trial transcript, Gail is convinced Kenny Ray didn't stab Amber Dodson to death. Once she does read it, she's even more certain that he was done in by shoddy police work and poor lawyering, if nothing else.

Gail's no slouch at doing some guilt-tripping herself. She tells her besotted sweetheart that if he really loved her he'd help with Kenny Ray's appeal, and she's not above a little sexual teasing to make her point. Anthony agrees to help, which is lucky since Gail seesaws wildly from being confident she can keep Kenny from his date with the executioner to dissolving in tears when she's certain she can't.

The real culprit is clear from the outset--it's up to Gail and Anthony to get the goods on him. Most of the heat in this thriller comes from the couple's occasional clinches and the steamy Florida weather. Anthony Quintana, Gail's complex, sexy, Cuban-American boyfriend, gets a bit more ink than usual in this outing. That will delight fans who find him as fascinating as Connor. Unfortunately, freeing an innocent man from a date with the death chamber doesn't allow enough time for Anthony to carry out his plan to accompany his ailing grandfather back to the island of his birth; fans of the series will have to wait for the next book to find out what happens when he does. --Jane Adams

About the Author

Barbara Parker is a former prosecutor with the state attorney's office in Dade County, Florida. She is the author of seven previous suspense novels, including the New York Times bestseller, Suspicion of Betrayal, and Suspicion of Innocence, a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0525946012
• ISBN 13: 9780525946014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 359