Acts Of Malice (2000)

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Author

Perri O'Shaughnessy

Genre

Fiction

Series

Nina Reilly

Rating

3.89 of 5 Votes: 3

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ISBN

0440225817 (ISBN13: 9780440225812)

Language

English

Publisher

island books

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Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble

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About book Acts Of Malice (2000)

You know how you can turn on the TV and watch any episode of Law & Order and enjoy it regardless of whether you've seen the show before? Law & Order: SVU on the other hand requires more of an investment. One needs to know what has happened in the lives of the detectives and attorneys and how that relates to the case at hand. This book is more like Law & Order: SVU.I had never read a book by this author before, and I felt like I was jumping in halfway through the season. The authors refer frequently to events of past books without explaining why these events are relevant. They assume you already know. Nothing on either cover or the inner flap informs you that this might be a series you'd want to read from the beginning.The first half of the book read like a harlequin romance novel with multiple sexual encounters that were described lightly, leaving much to the reader's imagination. The second half of the book was more like the mystery novel this book purports itself to be.The ending left quite a bit to be desired. Although the main 'mystery' of the book was solved, the ramifications are more than I'd like my hero/heroine to have to experience. I may be judging this a little harshly, since it's really quite far from my favored genres. When my husband, who owned the book initially, saw that I was going to read this, he said I was in for a treat. Again, I think those who'd read the other books featuring this character would enjoy it more.

This was my first encounter w. Colo. lawyer Nina Reilly, protagonist whose law practice leads her into a murder mystery. She takes on defense of a criminal client, accused of his own brother's murder. Turns out the charming client (2nd generation ski resort owner) is actually a sicko, which Reilly doesn't learn till near the end of the book. Unbelievable to me that Reilly, after she knows the client's guilty and how disturbed he really is, still goes w. teen son and her new husband (the prosecut

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Nina Reilly #5. 1999. Read by Laural Merlington. Nina Reilly, now an accomplished attorney, married and divorced from Jack, dated and broken up with XXXX, and Bob, her son, old enough to go to Germany, takes on the case of James Strong. He with dad and brother run the posh South Lake Tahoe Ski Resort. Jim's brother, Alex, is found dead while skiing with Jim. Jim is accused and wants Nina to represent him. As the case progresses, Jim's sister also turns up dead. Nina marries the assistant DA. Priorities change and Nina's defense of Jim gains clarity that endangers her immediate family. 3CD's, short.
—Katie Rekowski