Bøker av Barbara Parker

This ';fast-paced' thriller from the New York Timesbestselling author pits iron-willed Miami attorney Gail Connor against the man she loves (Publishers Weekly). After splitting up with her fiance, Anthony Quintana, Gail is just trying to get her life back in some sort of order. But when Anthony's teenage daughter, Angela, comes to Gail in secret and begs her to defend her boyfriend, Bobby, a dancer with the Miami City Ballet who's been charged with murdering a wealthy playboy, she can't say no. Gail hopes to have easy access to someone who can provide Bobby with an alibi. But the witness, who happens to be a criminal judge, has lawyered up with none other than Anthony Quintana. Now on opposite sides, Gail and Anthony are each prepared to do whatever it takes to protect their clients. But as they struggle to keep their unavoidably intertwined professional lives as separate as possible from their personal lives, a remorseless killer has a different final verdict in mind. An Edgar Award finalist for the first book in the series, Suspicion of Innocence, as well as a former prosecutor, ';Parker captures the roiling politics of Miami, as well as its color, all the while delivering a tight suspense story' (Chicago Tribune). Suspicion of Malice is the 5th book in the Suspicion series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

';Suspense builds' as a tropical storm and a crazed killer bear down on Connor and Quintana in the Florida Keys, in the New York Timesbestselling series (Library Journal). Despite storm warnings, lawyers and lovers Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana travel to a resort on a secluded island in the Florida Keys when a wealthy former client asks for their help with his troubled stepson, Billy, who has confessed to murder. Billy had a history with the victima resort employee with a promiscuous reputation and a penchant for causing trouble. But it soon becomes apparent that plenty of people may have wanted Sandra McCoy silenced for good ... along with anyone who gets in the way. An Edgar Award finalist for the first book in the bestselling series, Suspicion of Innocence, as well as a former prosecutor herself, Barbara Parker once again gives readers a ';lively legal romp' (Booklist). Suspicion of Madness is the 7th book in the Suspicion series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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 sister's 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 sister's life, which includes connections to drug traffickers, a Native American artifact, Gail's 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).

When a Palm Beach widow dies, the dispute over her will turns deadly in this ';breathlessly paced legal thriller' from a New York Timesbestselling author (Publishers Weekly). When wealthy Palm Beach dowager Althea Tillett dies under suspicious circumstances, it sparks a battle between those in line for an inheritanceincluding Gail Connor's old law school classmate and former lover Patrick Norris. He thinks someone has tampered with his aunt's willpreventing him from receiving millions he hoped to use for an urban renewal project. Although discouraged from getting involved by her own law firm and her lover, Cuban-American attorney Anthony Quintana, Gail agrees to look into Althea's rapacious relatives. But she soon finds herself in the middle of a family feud that's about much more than money. It's about secrets, lies, forgery ... and murder. Written by a former prosecutor, this ';provocative, breathless' national bestseller ';will surprise you' (The Plain Dealer).

Attorney Gail Connor is out to save a wrongly convicted man from execution in this ';thought-provoking mystery' from the New York Timesbestselling author (Publishers Weekly). No one in the quiet coastal town of Stuart, Florida, can forget what happened twelve years ago. Notorious local Kenny Ray Clark brutally murdered a young wife and mother, and was righteously sentenced to death for the crime. But Kenny's grandmother, Gail's former housekeeper, won't believe it. So she goes to the only person who can help get her grandson off death row. It doesn't take Gailor her fiance, fellow attorney Anthony Quintanalong to see that the entire case was built on quicksand. The problem is that there are some very powerful people who don't want Kenny to go free. They want to keep the past buried. And if Gail doesn't watch her step, they'll bury her right along with it. This sixth in the bestselling Suspicion series, authored by an Edgar Award finalist and former Florida state prosecutor, guarantees that ';once readers are pulled in by the intricate plot ... they won't want to skip a word' (Publishers Weekly). Suspicion of Vengeance is the 6th book in the Suspicion series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

In the ';riveting' finale to the New York Timesbestselling series, Miami lawyer Gail Connor is caught between the CIA, the Cuban government, and her husband (Publishers Weekly). Now married to fellow attorney Anthony Quintana, Gail agrees to accompany him to his native Cuba along with their children on a family vacation. But their plans for a holiday in Havana are scuttled when the CIA contacts Anthony with a request: make contact with his brother-in-lawa Cuban general in Castro's militarywith an offer to help him defect. In doing so, both Gail and Anthony are plunged into a deadly power play within the Cuban government that will threaten everything they've built togetherand reveal a secret that could destroy Gail's trust in the man she loves. The explosive final novel of her electrifying Suspicion series ';takes Parker to a new level' (Miami Herald). Suspicion of Rage is the 8th book in the Suspicion series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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