Attorney Sabre Brown is summoned into Judge Lawrence Mitchell chambers for an ex parte hearing. When the judge attempts to discuss one of her cases, she refuses to listen without proper counsel present.
Later that evening, Judge Mitchell is murdered.
Sabre’s shock at his death is only surpassed by an attempt on the life of Dr. Carolina Heller, a psychologist she employs on a regular basis. Sabre now fears for her own life.
Sabre enlists her private eye JP, and they begin to comb and scrutinize her cases, searching for connections between the two crimes. But Sabre’s life is in danger from someone much closer to her.
Sabre and JP’s roads diverge. While JP infiltrates a twisted world of greed and corruption, Sabre is caught up in a domestic crisis fueled by obsession. As each is forced to fight their own battles, the question soon becomes, can they find a way to save one another?
Multilayered Storyline If you like legal thrillers with complex story lines and quirky, multifaceted, and relatable characters, you may like this book. Possibly because the author herself is an attorney who has worked as an advocate for minors for decades, the stories are so creative with so many unexpected twists and turns, and the characters in the book are so realistic. It doesn’t hurt the fact that the book is an easy read with a lot well-written dialogues, and it doesn’t have graphic violence or objectionable…
One of the better books in the series This book boasts one of the faster moving plots in the series — although the author still has a tendency to go over details more than once and include repetitive scenes, usually featuring JP’s slowish investigations. There is a sub-plot involving domestic abuse that keeps things moving fairly quickly. And although the characters sometimes seem absurdly sheltered (it just strains credulity that JP isn’t sure what is going on when he encounters a house full of Asian women working on sewing…
Disappointing! I really enjoyed earlier installments of this series. Characters are very likeable, the story moves, and plots relatively believable. But book 5 has the characters behaving in ways below their alleged intellect, like they have no common sense. Wouldn’t Sabre be the least bit suspicious when another cowboy from Texas shows up, especially with all of the other issues she’s had with former love interests? Wouldn’t she discuss said cowboy with Bob? Wouldn’t JP share what’s going on in his life with…