![]() ![]() One is the dead man's widow - a wealthy, well-known feminist editor Chloe Taylor who narrates much of the novel the other his ex - the editor's troubled elder sister Nicky - who ticks all the requisite Loser boxes - including child neglect and alcoholism, but who kept it together just long enough to woo and marry the handsome lawyer. Alafair Burke's experience as a prosecutor and law professor ensure the courtroom scenes ring true.īurke's 18th novel is a timely, addictive and twist-laden outing that engages from the first sentence - "I betrayed my sister while standing on the main stairs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a beaded Versace gown (borrowed) and five-inch stiletto heels (never worn again)." When Adam, a prominent Manhattan lawyer is murdered, the two long estranged sisters are reunited. ![]()
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