Martha “Marty” Nickerson, a Cape Cod district attorney turned defense lawyer, must defend a man who shot his son’s presumed killer — on live television. The only possible defense is insanity, but the grieving father refuses to say he was crazy when he pulled the trigger. In a seemingly unrelated case, a battered woman is held for the murder of her spouse, and all evidence points to her as the murderess. Now with two seemingly unwinnable murder cases on her slate, a losing verdict may be the least of her worries as Marty’s harrowing hunt for the truth leads to shocking revelations and possible links that may put her in the sightline of a vengeful and all too capable killer.
“Recommend Connors to fans of Perri O’Shaughnessy and Lisa Scottoline.” —Booklist
Martha Nickerson, Cape Cod district attorney turned defense lawyer, is defending a man who shot his son's murderer on live television. Another seemingly unrelated murder occurs during the trial, and the two cases eventually come together. Bernadette Dunne would have been more successful had she decided to do a straight narration, rather than attempting to provide characters with their own voices. The male voices are particularly weak, but the females and teenagers don't come across as believable either. The one supposedly Southern accent is unrecognizable as such. Touches of melodrama are unnecessary in this barely cohesive story. There are so many gaps in the threads of legal argument that the listener is left with the feeling that this is a poor abridgment. S.S.R. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
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