Twisted Justice: A Laura Nelson Thriller

by Patricia Gussin

Overview

New York Times and USA Today Best-selling Author

A Shocking Tale of Lies, Betrayals, Secrets, and Lives Torn Apart

For better . . . Laura Nelson has it all—a successful career as a surgeon, five well-adjusted kids, and a gorgeous, prominent husband Steve, a nightly news anchor at the Tampa TV News. For worse . . .

Laura's seemingly perfect world shatters when she discovers that Steve is sharing much more than a news desk and a billboard with Kim, his sexy co-anchor. But Steve's torrid fling with his coworker is about to come to an abrupt end . . . Till death do us part . . . When Kim is murdered, Laura is left holding the smoking gun.

How far would Laura go to preserve her perfect life? That's about to become yesterday's news. Now, Laura must fight to protect her freedom as lies, deception and dark secrets threaten to close in on her and convert her perfect life into a perfect nightmare. But looks can be deceiving. And deceit can be deadly.

Sexy, alluring, and provocative, Twisted Justice delivers fiery hot action, pulse-pounding suspense, and a razor-sharp plot full of dangerous curves.

Perfect for fans of Lisa Gardner and Lisa Scottoline

While all of the novels in the Laura Nelson Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:

Shadow of Death
Twisted Justice
Weapon of Choice
After the Fall

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933515342
Publisher:	Oceanview Publishing
Publication date:	04/01/2008
Series:	The Laura Nelson Series , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Patricia Gussin, M.D. is a graduate of Wayne State University School of Medicine, is Board Certified in Family Medicine and holds an MBA from Columbia University. Pat practiced medicine and directed medical research as a worldwide vice president for a leading healthcare company. A member of Mystery Writers of America, Shadow of Death is her first novel.

Editorial Reviews

In Thriller Award-nominee Gussin's unremarkable second novel (after 2006's Shadow of Death), Tampa, Fla., thoracic surgeon Laura Nelson suffers a cascading series of disasters: she's unable to save a young traffic accident victim and heads home only to find her husband, Steve, in flagrante with his young and attractive colleague, Kim Connor. Furious at the betrayal, Laura kicks Steve out and prepares for divorce. While visiting Steve's temporary digs, Laura finds Kim's corpse and is still near the body when the police arrive. Her efforts to clear her name and hold on to her children are complicated by Steve's hostility, a medical crisis affecting their youngest son and the machinations of mobsters connected to Kim and the killing. There are few surprises, and the only interesting moments come when the doctor finds herself just another parent of an ill child, with the feel-good vibe done to death by the implausibly saccharine ending. (Dec.)

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Publishers Weekly

In Thriller Award-nominee Gussin's unremarkable second novel (after 2006's Shadow of Death), Tampa, Fla., thoracic surgeon Laura Nelson suffers a cascading series of disasters: she's unable to save a young traffic accident victim and heads home only to find her husband, Steve, in flagrante with his young and attractive colleague, Kim Connor. Furious at the betrayal, Laura kicks Steve out and prepares for divorce. While visiting Steve's temporary digs, Laura finds Kim's corpse and is still near the body when the police arrive. Her efforts to clear her name and hold on to her children are complicated by Steve's hostility, a medical crisis affecting their youngest son and the machinations of mobsters connected to Kim and the killing. There are few surprises, and the only interesting moments come when the doctor finds herself just another parent of an ill child, with the feel-good vibe done to death by the implausibly saccharine ending. (Dec.)

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School Library Journal

A Florida surgeon stands to lose it all-job, family, reputation-when she's charged with murdering her husband's colleague. With the help of her formidable housekeeper, Marcy Whitman, Dr. Laura Nelson has managed to raise five kids in spite of a grueling surgical schedule. Life is good-until Laura files for divorce after finding her husband, Channel Eight journalist Steve Nelson, half-clad in their family room with co-anchor Kim Connor. Suddenly, Steve feels the need to take the kids to bond with his father in Traverse City, Mich., without Laura's consent-which he turns out not to need, since Laura's going to be tied up defending herself against charges that she killed Kim, found shot to death in her apartment. Laura's legal team is first-rate-seasoned attorney Greg Klingman, dedicated assistants Rob Wilson and Carrie Diamond and veteran p.i. Chuck Dimer-and Kim's thug boyfriend Frankie Santiago should make a reasonable alternative suspect. Criminal charges and custody battles, with the occasional medical crisis thrown in, compound each other as state lines are crossed and family loyalties tested. A medical crisis, a hit man looking to rub out a key witness and several romantic encounters round out the tale. Amateur-hour prose and screaming-meemie plotting put Gussin's latest (Shadow of Death, 2006) on life support from early on.

Kirkus Reviews