Unlucky in Law (Nina Reilly)
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
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Author: Perri O'ShaughnessyEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-03-29
ISBN: 0440240883
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Dell
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Book Review: Too self centered to be in love
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a sometimes reader of this series because I get bored with Nina's indecisiveness about her life. The story was good and a mystery with lots of twists and turns but Nina contributed very little as far as solving the murder or doing much to get her client off. Everything about her in this story pretty much involved court room questioning and no great drama even there. In short, if Paul hadn't done the leg work and research along with Ginger, the blood expert, she wouldn't have had any info on this Russian family or how they all tied together or the two brothers who either lied or failed to come forward and the mother from hell who was willing to throw her youngest to the wolves. Nina didn't solve the mystery! Everyone else did the research and put it together for her. The romance between her and Paul is like several other lady lawyer series, the women dangle the man who does her dirty work and protects her back, then she is all bent out of shape because he got tired of waiting for her to make up her mind about the relationship. After waiting in the wings indefinitely for her, he went to another woman and broke Nina's heart. Right! Why Paul would wait around as long as he did and risk his neck as many times as he did for her, is the biggest mystery of all. Maybe the next book should try to unravel that mystery.
Summary of Unlucky in Law (Nina Reilly)
Nina Reilly takes on the most dangerous and difficult case of her career in New York Times bestselling author Perri O?Shaughnessy?s latest thriller. An ingenious blend of forensic science, history, and gripping suspense, Unlucky in Law pits the tough but compassionate attorney against the most unbeatable adversary of all: the law.Nina has just received a last-minute call from her old boss and mentor in Monterey County, California, where she is enjoying the breathtaking scenery and spending time with her boyfriend, P.I. Paul van Wagoner. Klaus Pohlmann is in desperate straits and begs Nina to take over a seemingly unwinnable case: A luckless two-time felon named Stefan Wyatt has robbed a grave and made off with the long-buried bones of a Russian émigré. When he is caught and arrested, further devastating evidence found in the grave suggests that Stefan is guilty of a far more deadly crime.
A young woman, a classmate of Stefan?s, has been killed, and he is accused of her murder. Now, as a result of California?s Third Strike law, Wyatt is looking at twenty-five years to life whether he?s convicted of grand theft or murder. Either way, he?s in big trouble.
With her client?s blood DNA found in the dead woman?s apartment, Nina faces an uphill battle. Suspecting that her hapless client has been set up, Nina brings in a brilliant forensic pathologist who comes up with a startling theory about the case that could rewrite a crucial page of European history. As the evidence mounts against Nina?s client, Paul launches his own investigation into the shadowy past of the two-decades-old skeleton. But long-held secrets nearly get him killed and reveal a more insidious evil at work?and an extraordinary story dating back to tsarist Russia and the Romanov court. As Wyatt edges closer to the unluckiest verdict of his young life, Nina makes an astounding discovery that just might save her client?or expose a killer who could bury them all.
Brilliantly imagined and compulsively readable, Unlucky in Law is a beguiling mix of wrenching drama and gripping action. And it is Perri O?Shaughnessy?s most accomplished novel to date.
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