Laura De Palma is back in two cases that have her running for her life as she investigates the shooting of an attorney who dies in her arms and a bullet that strikes the D.A. but is clearly intended for her. 25,000 first printing.
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In a brief prologue that works more as a spoiler, San Francisco lawyer Laura Di Palma is arrested for conspiracy to murder ambitious DA Connie Gold. The book proper soon clarifies that Gold is prosecuting Laura's sole client Brad Rommel, who has been charged with murdering his missing and presumed-dead ex-lover. The pursuit of another issue, trying to stop an ex-employer's slander, puts Laura at the scene of a murder: a masked man shoots lawyer Jocelyn Kinsley during her meeting with Laura. Kinsley's last words, "designer crimes," baffle Laura until her former (and possibly future) lover, PI Sandy Arklett (who wonders if Laura was the shooter's real target), discovers that someone in the office was tailoring extralegal revenge when the law would not suffice. Before long, Brad jumps bail, claiming that someone is trying to kill and frame him, and he echoes Sandy's suspicions that Laura is at the center of things. Matera (Face Value) creates a dark world in which insinuation looms large and the crimes stack up in rapid succession, requiring significant suspension of disbelief. Laura, particularly angry and uncertain in this complex plot, finds only small relief in the resolution.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Series heroine Laura Di Palma (Face Value, S. & S., 1994), a San Francisco attorney, agains teams up with boyfriend/private eye Sandy Arkelett. First, they investigate the murder of Laura's attorney, who dies just before revealing a self-styled vigilante in her own law firm. Second, Laura lands in jail after trying to help a hometown client accused of murder.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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cyber sleuthing & d.a. screenplays,
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This review is from: Designer Crimes (Laura Di Palma Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)
high tech high jinks, high school memories and legal reputations all converge to give laura di palma a new beginning. when di palma escapes the clutches of death time after time, instead of heightening tension,it dullens the senses and the plot devolves into tedium.
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HE WAS AN IMPOSING MAN, UPHOLSTERED IN PLAID WOOL. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
designer crimes, tape dispenser Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Brad Rommel, Uncle Henry, Connie Gold, Maryanne More, San Francisco, Steve Sayres, Jay Bartoli, Jocelyn Kinsley, Cathy Piatti, Perry Verhoeven, Super Prime, Aunt Diana, State Bar, Steven Sayres, Miss Leiden, Bradley Rommel, Clarke Street, Johnnie Walker, Old Town, Southshore Mall, Gary Gleason, Wall Street Journal New!
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HE WAS AN IMPOSING MAN, UPHOLSTERED IN PLAID WOOL. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
designer crimes, tape dispenser Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Brad Rommel, Uncle Henry, Connie Gold, Maryanne More, San Francisco, Steve Sayres, Jay Bartoli, Jocelyn Kinsley, Cathy Piatti, Perry Verhoeven, Super Prime, Aunt Diana, State Bar, Steven Sayres, Miss Leiden, Bradley Rommel, Clarke Street, Johnnie Walker, Old Town, Southshore Mall, Gary Gleason, Wall Street Journal New!
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- Last Chants (Willa Jansson Mystery) by Lia Matera in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Face Value (Laura Di Palma Mystery) by Lia Matera in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- A Radical Departure by Lia Matera in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Where Lawyers Fear to Tread by Lia Matera in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Good Fight: A Laura Di Palma Mystery by Lia Matera in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Star Witness (Willa Jansson Mystery) by Lia Matera on 4 pages
- Detective Agency: Women Rewriting the Hard-Boiled Tradition by Priscilla L. Walton on page 206, page 218, and Back Matter
- Last Chants (Willa Jansson Mystery) by Lia Matera in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Face Value (Laura Di Palma Mystery) by Lia Matera in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Their Word is Law by Stephen M. Murphy on page 191
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