The Smart Money introduces San Francisco litigator, Laura Di Palma, described by the New York Times as "one of the smartest, most open-minded sleuths in the lawyering trade."
A year of death threats and harsh publicity might drive any woman back to her home town. And Laura Di Palma certainly got plenty of them when she represented the killer of two U.S. Senators. But Laura didn't leave her dream job in the city just to hide out in a rainy backwater.
Fourteen years ago, her marriage ended when she walked in on her high school sweetheart with ...
The Smart Money introduces San Francisco litigator, Laura Di Palma, described by the New York Times as "one of the smartest, most open-minded sleuths in the lawyering trade."
A year of death threats and harsh publicity might drive any woman back to her home town. And Laura Di Palma certainly got plenty of them when she represented the killer of two U.S. Senators. But Laura didn't leave her dream job in the city just to hide out in a rainy backwater.
Fourteen years ago, her marriage ended when she walked in on her high school sweetheart with another woman. In the wild week that followed, she rebounded with that woman's husband. She even thought she was in love. The two planned to run away together, but he left her packed and waiting at a motel. When she moved on without him, she thought she'd never look back.
But now she's learned he died that night. And she's certain her ex-husband murdered him.
Laura has the money and fame these days to spotlight the old crime. But in a town run by her uncle the mayor, Laura's ex isn't the only one who'll strike back hard to keep a secret.
Find out why Booklist says, "Tight plotting, good characterizations, and page-turning suspense…make Matera one of the best contemporary mystery novelists. Matera is too good to miss."
Laura Di Palma is one of the most compelling characters in recent mystery fiction.
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Di Palma certainly belongs in the same league as Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone and Sara
Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski when it comes to
brains, determination, and guts.
Product Details
BN ID: 2940013487871
Publisher: Lia Matera
Publication date: 11/17/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 232,373
File size: 3 MB
Meet the Author
Lia Matera is the author of twelve novels, ten short stories, and a novella. She is a graduate of Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, where she was editor-in-chief of the Constitutional Law Quarterly. She is a member of the California Bar and was a Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School before becoming a full-time writer.
Two of her novels were nominated for the mystery genre's top prize, the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Three were nominated for the Anthony Award, and two were nominated for the Macavity Award. She has also published two anthologies. Her story, "Dead Drunk," originally printed in Scott Turow's, Guilty As Charged, won the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award for Best Short Story of 1996. Her historical novella, Champawat, will appear next year in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
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The Smart Money introduces San Francisco litigator, Laura Di Palma, described by the New York Times as "one of the smartest, most open-minded sleuths in the lawyering trade."A year of death threats and harsh publicity might drive any woman back to her home town. And Laura Di Palma certainly got plenty of them when she represented the killer of two U.S. Senators. But Laura didn't leave her dream job in the city just to hide out in a rainy backwater.
Fourteen years ago, her marriage ended when she walked in on her high school sweetheart with ...