by Susan Isaacs
First published 1996
Lee White has cut all ties with her wealthy family after a bitter fight. She builds a new life through law school and starts her legal career in New York. Norman Torkelson makes his living seducing lonely older women and stealing their money. When his latest victim turns up robbed and murdered, all evidence points to Norman. Lee takes his case without hesitation. She believes Norman is innocent and that a flawed justice system threatens to destroy him. Norman hasn't told Lee everything though. His beautiful girlfriend Mary watches his every move with obsessive jealousy. She can't stand the women who capture Norman's attention. Lee suspects Mary knows more about the murder than she admits. Lee fights to break through Mary's stubborn silence, but then Norman vanishes without a trace. Lee must navigate between a missing client, a jealous girlfriend, and mounting evidence in a case that threatens everything she's worked to build.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, legal-thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York
Period: 21st-century
444 pages · Hardcover · Toren Boeken
Content warnings: murder