Immaculate Midnight (Jane Lawless Series #11)

by ELLEN HART

Overview

Ray Lawless, prominent defense attorney and father of Minneapolis restaurateur Jane Lawless, tries his biggest case yet defending an accused serial murderer and arsonist whom the media has dubbed "The Fireman." Ray's client is eventually convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences, though he proclaims his innocence to the end, and a few days later, he kills himself in his cell. Someone in The Fireman's life, however, can't let go, and, blaming Ray for the man's death, plots a meticulous revenge. With the help of her best friend, Cordelia, Jane sets out to discover why this person is so determined to undo her family.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012862457
Publisher:	Ellen Hart
Publication date:	04/11/2011
Series:	Jane Lawless Series , #11
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	982,511
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Ellen Hart is the author of 27 mysteries in two series. She is the five-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, a three time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Best Popular Fiction, and a three time winner of the Golden Crown Literary Award. Ellen Has teaches mystery writing at the Loft Literary Center, the largest independent literary community in the nation. She lives in Minneapolis with her partner of thirty-six years.

Editorial Reviews

Three cheers! Cordelia Thorne, one of the best sidekicks ever to grace the pages of mysteries, is more or less in trim again. If she hasn't nearly the acerbic bite and wit, not to mention the word count, that Jane Lawless series fans might want her to have, she's got her larger-than-life diva theatricality back, none too soon after the wishy-washy mouther of family homilies she was in The Merchant of Venus (2001). Meanwhile, Jane is still recovering from injuries and grieving the death of her do

. - Whitney Scott

Prominent Minneapolis defense attorney Ray Lawless, father of restaurant owner/ lesbian sleuth Jan (The Merchant of Venus), defends a serial arsonist/murderer who commits suicide in jail. The suicide's father then plots revenge on Ray and Jane. Great plotting and fine characterization.

.. - Ethel Smith