Product Description
Hidden Agenda features attorney Willa Jansson, praised by Newsday as "an unusually deep and complex character for crime fiction—tough-minded, sexual, vulnerable, lonely, morally alive."
Who is Bud Hopper? That's the question troubling Willa when a mysterious Republican starts pulling strings on her behalf. First he gets her a job at a staunchly conservative law firm. How in the world did Hopper convince the morticians there (that's what they look like to Willa, anyway) to hire a graduate of "Merely" Malhousie Law? And how did he persuade them to ignore Willa's previous work, with notorious San Francisco liberals?
Soon the elusive Bud Hopper strikes again, getting Willa invited to a weekend retreat with the firm's top partners and clients. When her new boss is killed there, it's clear to Willa that Hopper is out to frame her. Why hasn't anyone in the firm actually met him? And how is it he's conveniently unreachable now? But the more Willa accuses Hopper, the guiltier she looks.
Find out why the New York Times called Willa "Among the most articulate and surely the wittiest of women sleuths," and John Leonard, of National Public Radio's "Fresh Air," said, "I'm in love with Willa!"
Who is Bud Hopper? That's the question troubling Willa when a mysterious Republican starts pulling strings on her behalf. First he gets her a job at a staunchly conservative law firm. How in the world did Hopper convince the morticians there (that's what they look like to Willa, anyway) to hire a graduate of "Merely" Malhousie Law? And how did he persuade them to ignore Willa's previous work, with notorious San Francisco liberals?
Soon the elusive Bud Hopper strikes again, getting Willa invited to a weekend retreat with the firm's top partners and clients. When her new boss is killed there, it's clear to Willa that Hopper is out to frame her. Why hasn't anyone in the firm actually met him? And how is it he's conveniently unreachable now? But the more Willa accuses Hopper, the guiltier she looks.
Find out why the New York Times called Willa "Among the most articulate and surely the wittiest of women sleuths," and John Leonard, of National Public Radio's "Fresh Air," said, "I'm in love with Willa!"
