by Ace Atkins
Part of Spenser, book 29
First published 2002
A member of Boston's upper crust lies dead. Police have arrested his wife for the murder. She's young, blonde, and beautiful. The jury will despise her on sight. Her alibi barely exists. She stands to inherit millions from her husband's death. She desperately needs the finest defense attorney money can secure. That attorney is Spenser. He takes the case knowing the odds stack against his client. The evidence points toward her guilt. Her motives seem obvious to everyone. Yet Spenser finds himself wanting to trust her story. He would do almost anything to prove her innocence. The investigation pulls him deeper into Boston's wealthy circles. He must separate truth from lies before the trial destroys an innocent woman or sets a killer free.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Boston
294 pages · Hardcover · G. P. Putnam's Sons