The New York Times bestselling Nina Reilly novels have dazzled both readers andcritics with their crackling blend of raw legal suspense and taut human drama.Now... » 

The New York Times bestselling Nina Reilly novels have dazzled both readers andcritics with their crackling blend of raw legal suspense and taut human drama.Now Perri OShaughnessy hailed as smart gripping and complex by the SanFrancisco Chronicle brings us her best and most explosive Nina Reillynovel yet.Amid the sparkling snowswept mountains of Lake Tahoe Nina Reillyhas made a home juggling the demands of her onewoman law practice and raisinga teenage son alone. Now Nina has taken on a case that will threaten everythingshe holds dear drawing her into a tangled web of loyalties and allianceswithin one of Lake Tahoes most prominent families. Her client a man accusedof murdering his own brother on the ski slopes of Tahoe. The law says Ninamust give Jim Strong the best possible defense. But Strongs family has turnedviolently against him and suddenly Nina is at the center of the storm. As sheworks a flawed and troubling case and gets swept into an unexpected loveaffair the two sides of Ninas life come crashing together...in the ultimateact of malice. «