| Close Case Contributor(s): Burke, Alafair (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250038715 ISBN-13: 9781250038715 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths - Fiction | Thrillers - General - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Samantha Kincaid Mysteries |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5" W x 8" (0.88 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Oregon - Locality - Portland-Vancouver, Or-Wa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid likes to be where the action is: at the scene of a crime, at the arrest of a suspect, with the cops on the Major Crimes Team. But when street smart, plugged-in reporter Percy Crenshaw is brutally murdered in the midst of pursuing a major story, she knows the stakes are high... Within days, cops have a suspect; then a confession. Yet Samantha suspects that something is very wrong, and her concerns keep coming back to the police. The cop who got the confession used tough tactics. The murdered reporter was romantically linked to a cop's wife. And all of the cops she's concerned about are close to her live-in boyfriend, Detective Chuck Forbes. Forced to prosecute a case in which the defendant may be an innocent man, Samantha must tread carefully to uncover the truth about Percy's murder -- without tearing her career, her home life, and the city apart. But just when she thinks her job can't get any more difficult, another more shocking crime comes to light... "Absorbing...Burke confidently lays out the procedural details." --Publishers Weekly on Close Case |
Contributor Bio(s): Burke, Alafair: - A former deputy district attorney in Portland, Oregon, Alafair Burke now teaches criminal law at Hofstra School of Law and lives in Long Island, New York. The daughter of the acclaimed crime writer James Lee Burke, she is the author of the Samantha Kincaid series, including Judgment Calls and Missing Justice. |