Suspicion of Innocence: 1 - Barbara Parker Book

Edgar Award Finalist: This Miami crime thriller by aNew York Timesbestselling author is an exhilarating debut [and] a sizzling page-turner (Publishers Weekly). Gail Connor is a fast-rising attorney in a major South Florida law firm, about to make partneruntil her life is derailed by the discovery of her sisters body in the Everglades. What at first appears to be a suicide soon becomes a homicide investigation with Gail as the prime suspect. To defend herself, Gail must unravel the tangled web of her wild younger sisters life, which includes connections to drug traffickers, a Native American artifact, Gails own estranged husband, and a handsome Cuban-American attorney, Anthony Quintana, to whom Gail is strongly attracted. But who can she trust as she fights for justice for her sister and herself? Written by a former prosecutor,the first book in the New York Timesbestselling Suspicion series delivers a sun-drenched variation on the work of Scott Turow and Patricia Cornwell (Library Journal).