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- 2 of 2 copies available at LARL/NWRL Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Crookston Public Library | ROS (Text) | 33500011133915 | Main | Available | - |
| Moorhead Public Library | ROS (Text) | 33500011133923 | Main | Available | - |
Record details
- ISBN: 0765319039
- ISBN: 9780765319036
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Physical Description:
447 p. ; 24 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Forge, 2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Tom Doherty Associates book." |
| Summary, etc.: | Presiding over a wrenching murder case, California judge Lily Forrester finds her attention divided when she assists her distraught law student daughter, who is being treated in an unethical medical facility that bilks patients for extravagant insurance payouts. |
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Author Notes
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2010 September #1
"Superior Court Judge Lily Forrester of Ventura County, California, still lives with guilt over the long-ago rape of her daughter, Shana, and herself and its aftermath. Sixteen years and two failed marriages later, Lily is happily engaged to Judge Christopher Rendell and presiding over a sensational case. But Shana, now 28 and months from her degree at Stanford Law, is so distraught over being dumped by her boyfriend that Lily, on a hasty midtrial visit, takes her to private psychiatric hospital Whitehall, where Shana mistakenly commits herself. Meanwhile, FBI Special Agent Mary Stevens, who connected with Lily in The Cheater (2009), gets transferred from Quantico to Ventura as she pursues a serial killer apparently murdering members of suicide clubs. Throughout the novel, chunks of text rehash the Forrester family's earlier traumas, continuing as the narrative centers on the abuses Shana undergoes at Whitehall and her mutual attraction to a fellow patient. The two plot strands connect in an adrenaline-producing finale, but Lilyâand too much of her storyâmay be too dated even for die-hard fans." Copyright 2010 Booklist Reviews. - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2010 November #1
Superior Court Judge Lily Forrester of Ventura County, California, still lives with guilt over the long-ago rape of her daughter, Shana, and herself and its aftermath. Sixteen years and two failed marriages later, Lily is happily engaged to Judge Christopher Rendell and presiding over a sensational case. But Shana, now 28 and months from her degree at Stanford Law, is so distraught over being dumped by her boyfriend that Lily, on a hasty midtrial visit, takes her to a private psychiatric hospital, Whitehall, where Shana mistakenly commits herself. Meanwhile, FBI Special Agent Mary Stevens, who connected with Lily in The Cheater (2009), gets transferred from Quantico to Ventura to pursue a serial killer who is apparently murdering members of suicide clubs. Throughout, flashbacks rehash the Forrester family's earlier traumas, while the main narrative centers on the abuses Shana undergoes at Whitehall and her and a fellow patient's mutual attraction. The two plot strands connect in an adrenaline-producing finale, but the melding of events from the previous book and contemporary action never quite gels. For series fans only. Copyright 2010 Booklist Reviews.
NANCY TAYLOR ROSENBERG spent fourteen years in law enforcement, including affiliations with the Dallas Police Department, the New Mexico State Police, the Ventura Police, and the Ventura County Probation Department, where she was a superior court investigator. Her first novel, Mitigating Circumstances, quickly became a New York Times bestseller, as have Rosenbergâs subsequent novels, including Interest of Justice, First Offense, and Buried Evidence.
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| Subject: | Ventura County (Calif.) Fiction Children Crimes against Fiction Mentally ill children Fiction Mothers and daughters Fiction Women judges Fiction |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. |
